DeSantis demands Republicans publicly oppose amendment to add abortion rights to Florida Constitution

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Gov. Ron DeSantis is demanding that elected Florida Republicans join him in opposition to the proposed amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution. And he wants some of their campaign money to help fund the effort to defeat Amendment 4.

DeSantis laid down the political law for Republicans on Saturday night in Broward County: His party’s elected officials must publicly oppose the proposed referendum on the November election ballot. Some haven’t, which DeSantis depicted as a sign of weakness.

“It’s important that all of our political leaders, you know, stand up and be counted. Right now. You know, there’s some people that just, it’s like the political winds. Like if the winds are against you, you run and hide. That’s not leadership, that is not what’s going to make this state great,” DeSantis said. “You’ve got to stand up even when it’s not easy, even when you’re taking the arrows, stand up and do what’s right.”

Speaking to hundreds of activists, donors and elected officials at a Republican Party of Florida fundraising dinner at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, he offered a litany of criticisms of the abortion-rights amendment and another proposed amendment that would legalize recreational marijuana for adults.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/desantis-demands-republicans-publicly-oppose-amendment-to-add-abortion-rights-to-florida-constitution/ar-AA1qldew

Keep your puddin' fingers off women's bodies.

[Klarkashton]

1. "it's up to the public to vote" oh bullshit

They are trying everything they can to stop it.

[allegorical oracle]

3. Can't imagine the SCOTUS wasn't aware that a patchwork of laws

among 50 states wouldn't occur.

I believe such a patchwork scheme is unconstitutional. Article IV, Sections one and two state this:

1 -- "Full faith and Credit shall be given each State to the public Acts, Records, and Judicial Proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records, and Proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.

2-- "The Citizens of each state shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of citizens in the several states."

This article ensures that people who get married, divorced, or adopt children in one state don't need to repeat these legal proceedings in every new state to which they might move. Why it doesn't apply to these crazy laws affecting abortion, LGBTQ+ and trans rights, is baffling. Moreover, any disputes over those equal rights appear to require Congress, not states or the SCOTUS, to resolve.

[Fla Dem]

2. Hey DeSantis, you're not a dictator or boss over me.

What a stinking little turd.