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Vice President Harris coming to Jacksonville on the day Florida abortion ban takes effect
Florida PoliticsThe VP will speak on May 1 as Florida's ban after the sixth week of pregnancy takes effect.
The Vice President is returning to Northeast Florida yet again, in the Joe Biden administration’s latest attempt to focus on the fight for reproductive rights in a state that restricts them.
Per an advisory from the White House, Kamala Harris will be in Jacksonville on May 1.
“The event will take place on the day the state is set to implement an abortion ban even more extreme than the one currently in effect. The Vice President will discuss the harms inflicted by state abortion bans and continue to make the case that ‘Donald Trump did this.'”
The reference is to the state’s Heartbeat Protection Act, which restricts termination of pregnancy after the sixth week except in cases of rape, incest or danger to the mother. That replaces the ban on the procedure after the 15th week of pregnancy.
Contrary to the White House claim, though, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature ratified those laws, albeit in the context of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade and giving the states latitude to craft restrictions as they saw fit.
The Vice President is returning to Northeast Florida yet again, in the Joe Biden administration’s latest attempt to focus on the fight for reproductive rights in a state that restricts them.
Per an advisory from the White House, Kamala Harris will be in Jacksonville on May 1.
“The event will take place on the day the state is set to implement an abortion ban even more extreme than the one currently in effect. The Vice President will discuss the harms inflicted by state abortion bans and continue to make the case that ‘Donald Trump did this.'”
The reference is to the state’s Heartbeat Protection Act, which restricts termination of pregnancy after the sixth week except in cases of rape, incest or danger to the mother. That replaces the ban on the procedure after the 15th week of pregnancy.
Contrary to the White House claim, though, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature ratified those laws, albeit in the context of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade and giving the states latitude to craft restrictions as they saw fit.