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‘This is a violent attack against women’: Florida Senate candidate seeks to channel abortion outrage (www.theguardian.com)

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Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is challenging incumbent Rick Scott and highlighting his ‘unapologetic and proud’ support for the state’s six-week ban

A round table on abortion rights, hosted by Florida’s Democratic Senate candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, has only just begun, and already she finds herself comforting a woman in tears with a very personal story to tell.

The woman is from Colombia, and speaks softly in Spanish as she tells the intimate gathering of the Miami-Dade Hispanic Democratic Caucus about the distressing decision her daughter had to make to terminate a pregnancy after learning the fetus was not developing.

“In Colombia, which tends to be a very conservative country, she was glad supportive medical professionals were there for her daughter in the decision, and grateful she had access to good-quality healthcare for it,” said Mucarsel-Powell.

“It was traumatic and painful, but at least they could rely on that healthcare. I’m just seeing outrage, from men and women, that here, families are faced with having to live in a state where you will not be able to get that care, because most women don’t even know they’re pregnant at six weeks.”

She was referring to the ruling by Florida’s supreme court earlier this month that will allow a six-week abortion ban, with few exceptions for rape or incest, to take effect on 1 May. It will end the state’s position as a bulwark of access to the procedure in the south-eastern US.

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

What does that have to do with reproductive rights?

[–] natural_motions@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Where a candidate gets their money is the surest way of predicting their actual behavior once in office. Words and speeches mean little to nothing, money reveals much more of the truth.

So while I do think she would probably support reproductive rights once in office, the fact that she's backed largely by big PACs and financial institutions means that's where her interests will align generally.

This corporate flavor is probably why she lost previous races in Florida. Corporate dems do not do well in red states.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I’m asking if there’s a reason why you went out of your way to specifically identify Jewish and Israeli PACs when they have no bearing on reproductive rights issues.

[–] Ixoid@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Natural_motions answered your question perfectly, and didn't bring nationality or religeon into it at all - you did that. I wouldn't have known they were evil if you hadn't brought it up.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The two PACs that were concerning the commenter were American Israel Political Action Committee and JStreeet, a pro-Israel/American PAC. Debbie Mucarsel-Powel has taken money from several PACs, but those were the only concerns listed.

I didn’t make this about nationalism, that comment did. I’m still awaiting a reason for those to be a concern, since neither of them have a stance on reproductive rights listed on their sites.

It’s fine if they want to be a single issue voter, but don’t back away from an honest question, especially when we’re discussing a different issue altogether.

[–] Ixoid@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, and right-wing authoritarians love giving reproductive rights to poor people /s

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