DeSantis signs Florida's six-week abortion ban into law

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : A six-week ban on abortion was signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Thursday night after the state House, which has a Republican supermajority, passed the bill, 70 to 40 earlier in the day.
43% : Declared and potential candidates have been varied in whether they support national restrictions on abortion.
42% : She said the past 50 years have seen a "culture" of abortion "that was created by seven men on the Roe vs. Wade court who got it wrong."
40% : While the abortion ban could help DeSantis' conservative credentials in Republican primaries if he chooses to make a 2024 presidential run, recent cases of abortion being a key motivator for Democratic voters, such as the party's win in Wisconsin's Supreme Court race, show it could be a thorny issue for DeSantis in a general election.
37% : Whether 2024 Republican primary candidates support a national ban on abortion has been a litmus test for anti-abortion rights groups.
36% : "If we're going to boil it down to politics, it's important, because people are going to look at [the issue of abortion], especially in the post-Roe era and say, 'Where are you on the issue of human life?'"
35% : During the nearly seven hours of debate Thursday, Republicans defended the ban, while Democrats shared their personal stories and experiences with abortion and criticized Republicans.
30% : Democratic Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani filed an amendment to change the bill's name to the "Forced Pregnancy Act." "It will not only ban abortion at a period where folks do not know they're pregnant at six weeks, but it forces you into pregnancy," she said.
21% : Former South Carolina Governor and United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in February she would not support a "full out federal ban" on abortion, and said in Iowa on Wednesday that she doesn't "want unelected judges deciding something this personal." Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina said during a trip to New Hampshire on Thursday that he would sign a 20-week national abortion ban as president, according to local station WMUR-TV.

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