David French is hoping–probably praying, in fact–that the Florida abortion referendum fails. Should he?
No, because French usually supports the Patrick Option, not the Franco Option, and the opposition to the amendment is rooted in the latter. DeSantis and the Florida Legislature have no interest in creating a culture of life in Florida, as evidenced by their refusal to expand Medicaid; they are far more interested in imposing a culture of pain on their opponents. DeSantis is illegally using state resources to fight the amendment; he has even gone so far as to threaten TV stations with criminal sanctions if they run commercials supporting the amendment. And, of course, if the amendment passes, state government will do its best to ignore the results, because that’s what it always does. Expect lots of new regulations harassing abortion clinics that will be upheld by the DeSantis-controlled Supreme Court, because it is a purely political animal at this point.
Is that what French really wants? I certainly hope not.