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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

DeSantis raises questions with story of woman named Penny who was aborted ‘multiple times’ and left ‘in a pan’

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis raised questions during the first 2024 Republican presidential primary debate when he told a bizarre story claiming that a woman named Penny had survived multiple abortion attempts and was “left in a pan”.

“We’re better than what the Democrats are selling. We are not going to allow abortion all the way up ‘til birth, and we will hold them accountable for their extremism,” Mr DeSantis said on stage on Wednesday.

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