Florida state House Republicans are not all standing in solidarity over the proposed six-week abortion ban bill before them, stating the residents of their heavily blue districts are not in favor of tighter restrictions on abortion access.
The Florida House is set to vote Thursday on whether to move the ban from the current 15-week ban to six weeks. There will be exceptions for rape, incest, and human trafficking, but only up to 15 weeks in pregnancy, should it pass. But at least two House Republicans are joining two Senate GOP members who say the wishes of their districts prevent them from siding with the rest of the Republican Party and Gov. Ron DeSantis .Republican state Sen.
Republican state Rep. Mike Caruso, who represents Delray Beach, said he plans to vote"no" on the six-week ban. GOP state Rep. Traci Koster of Tampa rejected the bill during a March committee vote, so it is likely she will vote"no" again on Thursday. Florida House Democrats filed more than 50 amendments to the bill, but House Speaker Paul Renner said none will be added to the bill in order to push it forward to DeSantis's desk.
To ease Democrats' criticism of the measure, Republican State Rep. Jenna Persons-Mullicka told the House on Thursday that"no woman needs to wait until the brink of death" to have an abortion.
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