TOP NEWS | DeSantis Signs Heartbeat Bill, Abortion Pill Legal Battle May Head to SCOTUS, Classified Doc Leaker Charged with Espionage | April 14
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🗓️ 14 April 2023
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On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:
- Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed that pro-life legislation into state law, banning abortions in Florida once an unborn baby has a detectable heartbeat, our colleague Mary Margaret Olohan reports.
- The legal battle over the abortion pill is still underway. Earlier today, the Biden administration and a large abortion pill manufacturer formally asked the Supreme Court to pause a lower court’s ruling that restricts the abortion pill.
- Jack Teixeira, the man who is the alleged leaker of the classified documents, has been charged with violating the Espionage Act.
- The conservative group Consumers’ Research has launched a new texting service that alerts shoppers in grocery stores. The alerts, as Axios reports, tell shoppers which brands are accused of taking political positions that are offensive to the right.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Virginia Allen. I'm Samantha Sharis and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Friday, April 14th. |
| 0:07.0 | Here are today's headlines. |
| 0:20.0 | Within 15 minutes of receiving Florida's heartbeat bill, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed it into law. |
| 0:28.0 | The bill bans abortions in Florida once an unborn baby has a detectable heartbeat. |
| 0:34.0 | The Heartbeat Protection Act prohibits doctors from knowingly performing an abortion on a baby whose age is determined to be more than six weeks. |
| 0:44.0 | The bill provides exceptions if the mother is a victim of rape, incest, or human trafficking. |
| 0:50.0 | DeSantis said in a Thursday statement, |
| 0:52.0 | we are proud to support life and family in the state of Florida. |
| 0:56.0 | I applaud the legislature for passing the Heartbeat Protection Act that expands pro-life protections and provides additional resources for young mothers and families. |
| 1:07.0 | The governor's office praised the bill as a historic measure to defend the dignity of human life and transform Florida into a pro-family state. |
| 1:17.0 | Contrasting Florida's new pro-life legislation to that of states like New York and California, which have legalized and fantasied up until birth. |
| 1:27.0 | The bill also provides $25 million to pro-life pregnancy centers to help women and their children in Florida. |
| 1:34.0 | Florida is now the 20th state to adopt a heartbeat bill. |
| 1:38.0 | Last year, DeSantis also signed a 15-week abortion ban and legislation promoting fatherhood in the state through education and mentorship programs as well as one-on-one support. |
| 1:50.0 | He also signed a bill expanding support for foster parents and children and a bill combating maternal mortality rates. |
| 1:58.0 | And on the national stage, the legal battle over the abortion pill is still underway. |
| 2:04.0 | Earlier today, the Biden administration and a large abortion pill manufacturer formally asked the Supreme Court to pause a lower court's ruling that restricts the abortion pill. |
| 2:15.0 | If you remember, last week, a court in Texas ruled that the Food and Drug Administration wrongly approved the abortion pill back in 2000. |
| 2:24.0 | The Biden administration was given one week before the pill would be pulled from the drug market. |
| 2:29.0 | Of course, the ruling was appealed and went to the 5th circuit. |
| 2:34.0 | The 5th circuit said no, the abortion pill can still be given to women, but not by mail. |
| 2:40.0 | The pills can only be given to women in person by a medical professional. |
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