GOP presidential candidates reassess celebration’s abortion stance after state election losses

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stated in the course of the Republican presidential debate Wednesday night time that abortion-rights poll initiatives have caught the pro-life motion “flat-footed,” pointing to setbacks on this week’s state elections.

“Of all the stuff that’s happened to the pro-life cause, they’ve been caught flat-footed by these referenda,” Mr. DeSantis stated. “You’ve got to do a better job on these referenda.”

Ohio voters on Tuesday permitted a measure to enshrine abortion rights within the state’s structure. And Democrats in Virginia received management of each chambers of the state legislature in an election that their celebration made largely about defending abortion rights.

Sen. Tim Scott, South Carolina Republican, referred to as on former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley and Mr. DeSantis to declare help for a 15-week federal abortion ban.

“I would encourage Nikki and Ron to join me at a 15-week limit. It is in our nation’s best interest,” he stated.

Ms. Haley stated there aren’t sufficient votes in Congress in favor of a nationwide ban, so a Republican president wouldn’t have the ability to get it enacted.

“What I’ll tell you is as much as I’m pro-life, I don’t judge anyone for being pro-choice, and I don’t want them to judge me for being pro-life,” she stated.

“There are some states that are going more on the pro-life side. I welcome that. There are some states that are going more on the pro-choice side – I wish that wasn’t the case, but the people decided,” she stated.

Mr. DeSantis stated of his place, “I stand for a culture of life. We’re better off when everybody counts.”

Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy additionally stated that male promiscuity has been lacking from the abortion debate.