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Florida Democrats Call Out Rick Scott’s Phony Support for IVF
FDP Chair Nikki Fried says Scott’s Attacks on Reproductive Freedom Will Cost His Senate Seat
Tallahassee, FL — Today, Rick Scott renewed his desperate attempt to convince Floridians that he supports IVF, despite blocking legislation to protect IVF treatment. Scott’s latest ploy to hide his extreme anti-choice record falls on the same day he voted against protecting access to contraception.
“Rick Scott blocked legislation to protect IVF treatment and now he’s lying to Floridians to cover up his toxic anti-choice agenda. Scott is playing politics with Floridians’ reproductive rights and it’s going to cost him his senate seat,” said Florida Democratic Chair Nikki Fried.
This isn’t Scott’s first IVF clean-up: earlier this year, in response to Republican attacks on IVF, Scott introduced an “empty, symbolic” resolution that would do nothing to actually protect IVF. Now, just a week after receiving an A+ rating from an extreme anti-choice group that opposes IVF and contraception, Scott is desperately trying to cover up his dangerous record of ripping away women’s rights to make their own personal medical decisions.
Here’s what to know about Scott’s “100% pro-life” record:
- Scott supports Florida’s’ six-week abortion ban: “I am 100% pro-life and if I was still governor, I would sign this bill.”
- In April, Scott doubled down on his support for the ban, saying “If I was the sitting governor, and the six-week abortion ban came in front of me, I would sign it. I’ve always said I would sign it.“
- On the day Florida’s ban took effect, Scott said he would sign “any” anti-abortion legislation.
- Scott pledged to vote against Amendment 4–keeping Florida’s abortion ban in place.
- Scott co-sponsored a national abortion ban that would put doctors in prison.
- Scott believes “life begins at conception.”
- Scott celebrated the Supreme Court’s Decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which he has pushed for since 2010.
- Since Roe’s downfall, Scott has set his sights on restricting access to safe and effective medication abortion.