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Ron DeSantis: “We have no criminal penalties. The penalties are for the…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Published | Video Starts at 08:27

And the way you do that is really bottom up. We asked the governor whether the penalties mentioned in Florida's six week ban would include We have no criminal penalties. The penalties are for the physician. Governor, I read the bill. It says just this, it does include jail time and fines for quote, any person who willfully performs or actively participates in, in a termination of pregnancy. (08:27–08:31)

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Asserts that Florida's abortion law penalizes physicians, not women.

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