DeSantis says he does not support criminalizing women who get abortions
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he does not support criminalizing women who receive abortions even after he signed a six-week abortion ban into law earlier this year that includes language that could be interpreted as such.
"We have no criminal penalty," DeSantis, who is running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, told "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell in an interview Tuesday. "The penalties are for the physician."
The law says "any person who willfully performs or actively participates in a termination of pregnancy" in violation of the law would face felony charges. It prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, except in cases where the life of the mother is at risk. It also allows abortions up to 15 weeks in cases of rape, incest or human trafficking.
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