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Richard Luscombe in Miami

Florida Democrats bet abortion will motivate swell of voters who feel bans go ‘too far’

A protester hold a sign that says 'keep abortion legal' in Tallahassee.
Faith Halstead with other protesters and activists near the Florida state capitol, in Tallahassee, on 3 April 2023, where state senators voted to pass a proposed six-week abortion ban. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images

Democrats in Florida are teaming up with operatives from Joe Biden’s re-election campaign in an all-out assault on Republicans’ extremist positions on abortion, believing it will bring victory in presidential and US Senate races in November.

They fired an opening salvo on Tuesday, tearing into Donald Trump’s “boasting” about overturning federal abortion protections a day earlier, and assailing the incumbent Republican senator Rick Scott for supporting Florida’s six-week ban that takes effect next month.

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