Scott on Florida’s Abortion Ban: “I am 100% pro-life and if I was still governor, I would sign this bill.”

On Oct 26th, less than two weeks before election day, Orlando women leaders and reproductive health care advocates held a press conference to call out Rick Scott’s attacks on reproductive freedom. Scott has repeatedly endorsed Florida’s abortion ban, which eliminates reproductive health care access before most women know they’re pregnant, with virtually no exceptions, and pledged to vote to keep it in place. 

Scott has also voted for a national abortion ban and repeatedly voted against bipartisan legislation to establish federal protections for contraception and IVF. That hasn’t stopped Scott from spending millions lying to Floridians about his extreme anti-choice agenda. 

Click here to download video of the press conference. See key excerpts below: 

“We need to stay in our lanes. Physicians are not policymakers and politicians are not physicians,” said Dr. Mark Trolice, M.D, Director of The IVF Center. 

“Governor Rick Scott made clear that when he became Senator, and now in his bid for reelection, that if he ever had the chance to pass a national abortion ban, he would do that. He is so out of touch with the positions of the majority of Floridians — even out of touch with his own party. He’s demonstrated a complete disregard for our fundamental freedoms and access to reproductive care,” said State Rep. Anna Eskamani. 

“Right now in Florida we’re living under one of the most extreme abortion bans in the nation — a ban that has left women without lifesaving health care, stripped away fundamental rights, and offers almost no exceptions. This extreme law is putting medical providers in impossible, dangerous situations. And let’s not forget that this is a ban that Rick Scott proudly said he would have signed into law if he was governor. Even if we pass Amendment 4, Rick Scott won’t stop there. For years, Rick Scott worked to overturn Roe v. Wade. He worked to take away the freedom to access reproductive health care, and he will push for a national abortion ban,” said State Rep. Rita Harris. 

“I never thought I would be living in a state and raising daughters under one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. I suffered from high-risk pregnancy complications that affected my life and my health, requiring that I undergo two preterm cesarean sections for my children. Politicians like Rick Scott and Daniel Webster do not understand, nor do they care, to see past their own extreme beliefs to see the danger and the pain that they are putting women through,” said Barbie Harden Hall, Congressional Candidate for FL-11.