Julianna Goldman, Columnist

DeSantis Is Playing the Politics of Abortion All Wrong

Republicans’ push for more restrictions on abortion in Florida could actually bring about greater protection for abortion rights.

April 9, 2023 at 12:00 PM UTC

By Julianna Goldman

Julianna Goldman is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist who was formerly a Washington-based correspondent for CBS News and White House correspondent for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Television.

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It’s one thing for a probable Republican presidential candidate to talk vaguely about how to “expand pro-life protections.” It would be quite another for an actual Republican governor to sign one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country.

Ron DeSantis may be about to discover the difference — and what that means for his political fortunes.