Florida court hearing spotlights DeSantis' complicated views on abortion: ANALYSIS
A Florida Supreme Court hearing on the state's 15-week abortion ban is tied to Gov. Ron DeSantis' record on the issue On Friday, the Florida Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a suit challenging the state's 15-week abortion ban. While the case has implications for reproductive rights in the state, it is also tied to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' record on an issue that is deeply important to many in the Republican Party but which is polarizing on the national stage, polling shows -- as DeSantis seeks to first win over his party's base and then the 2024 electorate. Of the seven state Supreme Court justices who are taking up the suit against the abortion ban, five were appointed by DeSantis. Over the past few months, DeSantis, who as governor signed both the 15-week and a six-week abortion ban into state law, has walked a fine line as a candidate on the issue of abortion access, declining to say definitively if he would support a national abortion ban but o...