Val Demings’ campaign attacked her opponent in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio, about his record on abortion. We checked each claim and found the ad is mostly on point.
. But we wondered whether Demings accurately portrayed the legislation Rubio supported, as well as his view on exceptions for rape or incest. PolitiFact found that Demings was mostly accurate in her depiction of Rubio’s record. When contacted, Rubio's campaign did not answer specific questions about his abortion stance.Rubio’s votes on abortion exceptions for rape, incest are mixed
Ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn the precedent set with Roe v. Wade, Rubio declined to repeat his stance on abortion and whether he supported any exceptions for rape or incest. , "My position on abortion has been stated repeatedly. You can look it up, it's online." We did. Throughout Rubio’s decades in politics, he has remained largely consistent in his view that "He’s repeated this stance in multiple interviews and backed measures aiming to limit access to abortion. National Right to Life gave Rubio a
when evaluating his 12 votes in the 2021-22 session, which included legislation that would have prohibited abortions after 20 weeks. for banning abortions in all cases other than to save the life of the mother, PolitiFact found two examples of Rubio supporting legislation that did include exceptions for rape or incest. . The Senate bill, which failed to overcome a filibuster, aimed to prohibit abortion at 20 weeks or later, with an exception for rape and incest.
During Rubio’s primary bid for president in 2016, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly asked whether he supported a rape and incest exception to abortion bans.
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