{"id":1047998,"date":"2024-09-10T12:51:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T16:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1047998"},"modified":"2024-09-10T12:51:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T16:51:50","slug":"trump-%f0%9f%a4%9d-desantis-weaponizing-the-government-to-undermine-reproductive-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-%f0%9f%a4%9d-desantis-weaponizing-the-government-to-undermine-reproductive-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump \ud83e\udd1d DeSantis: Weaponizing the Government to Undermine Reproductive Freedom\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis uses taxpayer funds to advocate against a grassroots, democratic initiative to restore reproductive rights in Florida after Donald Trump paved the way for them to be ripped away, <\/em>DNC Spokesperson Maddy Mundy issued the following statement calling DeSantis out for using Trump\u2019s Project 2025 playbook: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s Project 2025 agenda promises to give Trump virtually unchecked power to control our daily lives as he pursues his dangerous, anti-freedom agenda to ban abortion, monitor pregnancies, and rip away access to reproductive care from contraception to reproductive health care. Just last week, Trump, a Florida resident, reaffirmed for voters exactly where he stands \u2013 stating he\u2019ll vote against an amendment to repeal Florida\u2019s extreme abortion ban he made possible. Now, MAGA Governor Ron DeSantis is taking a page from Trump\u2019s Project 2025 playbook: attempting to use the power of the state to undermine the pro-reproductive rights initiative altogether by deploying state resources to intimidate ballot petitioners and advocate against reproductive rights. This is Trump and MAGA Republicans\u2019 Project 2025 vision: weaponize the government to attack our most fundamental freedoms. Extremists like Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump aren\u2019t fit to lead. This November, voters will make that clear when they reject Trump\u2019s Project 2025 agenda and elect Vice President Harris and Governor Walz \u2013 the only pro-freedom, pro-democracy candidates in this race.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ron Desantis is using state resources in an attempt to undermine the passage of Amendment 4, which would restore Floridians\u2019 reproductive rights after Donald Trump overturned <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cThe DeSantis administration is escalating its war on Amendment 4, using state agencies to combat the abortion rights referendum on November’s ballot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tampa Bay Times<\/a>: \u201cThe officer\u2019s visit appears to be part of a broad \u2014 and unusual \u2014 effort by Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 administration to inspect thousands of already verified and validated petitions for Amendment 4 in the final two months before Election Day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miami Herald:<\/a> \u201cDeSantis and his allies have also tried to scare voters, claiming Amendment 4 would allow \u2018abortions up to the time of birth.\u2019 The measure would only allow abortions after viability \u2018when necessary to protect the patient\u2019s health, as determined by the patient\u2019s healthcare provider.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida Politics<\/a>: \u201cIs Gov. Ron DeSantis going too far in trying to defeat an amendment to restore abortion access?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s Project 2025 agenda would give him unprecedented executive power to implement his extreme, anti-abortion plans and attack those who fight back. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cDonald J. Trump and his allies are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government if voters return him to the White House in 2025<\/strong>, reshaping the structure of the executive branch to concentrate far greater authority directly in his hands. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMr. Trump and his associates have a broader goal: to alter the balance of power by increasing the president\u2019s authority over every part of the federal government that now operates, by either law or tradition, with any measure of independence from political interference by the White House, according to a review of his campaign policy proposals and interviews with people close to him.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump says on Univision he could weaponize FBI, DOJ against his enemies\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn public, Trump has vowed to appoint a special prosecutor to \u2018go after\u2019 Biden and his family. The former president has frequently made corruption accusations against them that are not supported by available evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo facilitate Trump\u2019s ability to direct Justice Department actions, his associates have drafted plans to dispense with 50 years of policy and practice intended to shield criminal prosecutions from political considerations. Critics have called such ideas dangerous and unconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cThere is evidence that, if elected, Trump<\/strong> and his vice presidential pick, Sen. JD Vance<\/strong> (R-Ohio), would permit or even encourage the type of Orwellian surveillance described in Project 2025<\/strong>. For one, Trump has already expressed clear disinterest in preventing conservative states from enacting draconian policies on abortion and pregnancy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cElsewhere, Severino complains that the CDC\u2019s \u2018abortion surveillance\u2019 system is \u2018woefully inadequate,\u2019 and proposes turning the agency into a kind of snitch network that would collect data about who had abortions and where \u2014 and punish any states that refuse to share that information.<\/strong> \u2018Because liberal states have now become sanctuaries for abortion tourism, HHS should use every available tool, including the cutting of funds, to ensure that every state reports exactly how many abortions take place within its borders, at what gestational age of the child, for what reason, the mother\u2019s state of residence, and by what method,\u2019 Severino writes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s Project 2025 agenda would rip away Americans\u2019 basic freedoms by banning abortion nationwide and punishing women who get an abortion.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian<\/a>: \u201cProject 2025 takes direct aim at abortion pills, indicates that fetuses should have legal rights, and seeks to expand \u2018surveillance\u2019 of abortion while eliminating government support for the procedure.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cInside the MAGA Plan to Attack Birth Control, Surveil Women and Ban the Abortion Pill\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGOP operatives have already crafted an expansive blueprint, 887 pages long, laying out in painstaking detail how they intend to govern, including plans to leverage virtually every arm, tool and agency of the federal government to attack abortion access.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cAs president, Trump enacted several policies that made it more difficult for people, particularly the working class and the poor, to obtain contraception\u2026 Conservative allies want to reimpose those policies and go further if he wins in November. Their \u2018Project 2025\u2019 blueprint includes proposals to require coverage of natural family planning methods and remove requirements that insurance cover certain emergency contraception.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cTrump Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide: Report\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cThere of course remains a vital role for the federal government in protecting unborn life. And it\u2019s very important.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forbes<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance And Project 2025 Want To Use This 19th Century Law To Ban Abortion\u2014Without Congress\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cVance urged DOJ to enforce Comstock Act, crack down on abortion pills\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vox<\/a>: \u201cVance is on record supporting these [Project 2025] ideas. Last year, he signed a letter demanding that the Justice Department prosecute physicians and pharmacists \u2018who break the Federal mail-order abortion laws.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance said in 2022 he \u2018would like abortion to be illegal nationally\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis uses taxpayer funds to advocate against a grassroots, democratic initiative to restore reproductive rights in Florida after Donald Trump paved the way for them to be ripped away, DNC Spokesperson Maddy Mundy issued the following statement calling DeSantis out for using Trump\u2019s Project 2025 playbook:  \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s Project 2025 agenda […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1047998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrump \ud83e\udd1d DeSantis: Weaponizing the Government to Undermine Reproductive Freedom\u00a0 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-\ud83e\udd1d-desantis-weaponizing-the-government-to-undermine-reproductive-freedom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-10T16:51:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-%f0%9f%a4%9d-desantis-weaponizing-the-government-to-undermine-reproductive-freedom\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-%f0%9f%a4%9d-desantis-weaponizing-the-government-to-undermine-reproductive-freedom\/\",\"name\":\"Trump \ud83e\udd1d DeSantis: Weaponizing the Government to Undermine Reproductive Freedom\u00a0 - 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