From FloridaPolitics.com…
Gov. Ron DeSantis says he will sign the 15-week abortion ban passed out of the Legislature late Thursday, calling the protections “warranted.”
The Senate passed the proposal (HB 5) with a 23-15 near party-line vote late Thursday, marking the end of a monthslong battle between Republicans and Democrats. Republicans in the House and Senate did not surrender an inch, voting down exceptions in the case of rape and incest.
“I think the protections are warranted, and I think that we’ll be able to sign that in short order,” DeSantis told reporters in Jacksonville Friday morning.
Under the bill, a woman can only access abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy if two doctors agree on the consensus of a “fatal fetal abnormality.”
“These are protections for babies that have heartbeats, that can feel pain, and this is very, very late,” DeSantis said.
