Wed May 17, 2023 – 3:59 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to former President Donald Trump’s suggestion that banning abortion at six weeks may be “too harsh,” reaffirming his support for the pro-life law he signed in April and noting that his presumptive rival for the Republican presidential nomination neglected to answer whether he would have signed the same law.
On Monday, Trump said in an interview that “if you look at what DeSantis did, a lot of people don’t even know if he knew what he was doing. But he signed six weeks, and many people within the pro-life movement feel that that was too harsh.” Asked if he would sign a similar law, Trump said simply that he was “looking at many alternatives.”
The comments came amid several weeks of consternation between pro-lifers and Trump, who has raised doubts as to whether he would support a federal abortion ban now that the overturn of Roe v. Wade has enabled states to legislate on the issue, and repeatedly stressed that any law he might sign must include exceptions for rape, incest, and to save a mother’s life.
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