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One of the nation’s leading forced-birth political organizations, the powerful Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, has declared Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s position on abortion “unacceptable.” They cite a recent interview he had with Megyn Kelly, in which he refused to endorse a national abortion ban. That means a national abortion ban is so politically unpopular that even a candidate as inept as DeSantis recognizes it and won’t commit.
DeSantis told Kelly that he would be a “pro-life president,” but emphasized, “We are running on doing things that I know I can accomplish.” The nation, he says, isn’t ready for a total ban. “I really believe, right now in our society, it’s really a bottom-up movement and that’s where we’ve had most success—Iowa, South Carolina, Florida,” he said. “And I think you’re going to continue to see a lot of good battles there.”
That, the group’s president Marjorie Dannenfelser said in a statement, isn’t good enough. Her group is pressing a national 15-week ban. “The pro-life movement and the American people deserve a president who will boldly advocate this consensus and will work to gather the votes necessary in Congress,” Dannenfelser said, adding, “Gov. DeSantis’s dismissal of this task is unacceptable to prolife voters.”
