The left is mourning the activation of Florida’s heartbeat law this week, which will protect the lives of 50,000 unborn children annually. With a constitutional amendment up for a vote that would undo the lifesaving law, Democrats like state Sen. Lauren Book are in full fearmongering spin mode. As Book recently told CBS Miami, “Women and girls will die.”
Kamala Harris will be in Jacksonville on Wednesday when the law takes effect with the same message, following her boss’s visit to Tampa, where Joe Biden made the sign of the cross during a speech calling for unlimited abortion.
Between now and November, the media will try to obscure the facts on the heartbeat law and the exceptions that exist by calling it a “near total ban.” This is despite the fact that Florida’s law not only has a life of the mother exception that allows pregnant women to receive the emergency care they always have, but also rape, incest, fetal anomaly, and human trafficking exceptions.
The media will also fail to acknowledge that the heartbeat law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis one year ago follows both science and public opinion. The law is popular with 62 percent of Floridians supporting, including 58 percent of women and 76 percent of Hispanic voters. Around six weeks, a baby’s heart beats about 110 beats per minute. Once a heartbeat is detected, a baby has over a 90 percent chance of surviving to birth.
On the other hand, the abortion ballot measure to amend the state Constitution would leave Florida with what DeSantis
