Trump to blame for abortion ‘nightmare,’ Biden says in Florida [Video]
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Trump to blame for abortion ‘nightmare,’ Biden says in Florida [Video]

By Nandita Bose

TAMPA (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday blamed his Republican opponent Donald Trump for new Florida abortion restrictions during a campaign stop in Tampa, as Democrats double down on their intentions to flip Trump’s home state.

Earlier this month, Florida’s Supreme Court cleared the way for a six-week abortion ban starting May 1, a time-frame before many women realize they are pregnant. The court also ordered that a ballot measure legalizing abortion until viability could go before voters this November.

The conservative U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe vs. Wade in 2022 opened the door for Florida and other states to set their own abortion laws. Trump campaigned in 2016 on adding judges who would overturn Roe and appointed three who did.

“Let’s be real clear: there’s one person responsible for this nightmare,” Biden said. “He brags about it. Donald Trump,” Biden told supporters.

“It should be a constitutional right,” Biden said of abortion. “This …

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