A likely imminent Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade could galvanize voters on both sides of the abortion debate in Florida as Democrat Val Demings and Republican Marco Rubio draw sharp contrasts in their Senate race.
In the wake of Politico’s report that Justice Samuel Alito has written a draft opinion that would overturn the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, Demings vowed in a campaign speech in Jacksonville this week to continue to fight for abortion access and hammered GOP incumbent Rubio on social media for his longstanding opposition to abortion.
“The draft opinion makes the stakes in this race clear: Roe v. Wade is under threat and we need leaders in the United States Senate who will stand up for women’s freedoms to control their own bodies and make their own choices,” Demings told the Herald in a statement. “Women are pleading with us to protect their basic, constitutional rights and not go back to being treated as second-class citizens whose personal decisions are made by politicians like Marco Rubio.”
