Anticipating, as well they might, the demise of Roe, GOP leaders in Florida have decided to support new abortion restrictions which mirror those in the new Mississippi law. There will be no exceptions for rape and incest. Once these new regulations become effective, they will be challenged under Florida’s constitutional right to privacy, but DeSantis has largely remade the state judiciary in his own image, so there is little reason to believe they will be struck down. As a result, in the next year or two, there will be an upsurge in the number of unwanted children born in Florida.
Due to the booming economy and the Biden pandemic relief bill, Florida is awash in money right now. If, like Ross Douthat, you take the claims of women seriously, you would be supporting a large increase in funding for social services and health care to deal with all of the new unwanted children. Is any such thing happening? Of course not! Remember: Reactionaries, not CDs, are in charge here, and misery is the point.