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potential presidential campaign just ahead plus what we re learning about donald trump s deposition yesterday in new york after spending eight hours at the attorney general s office. and we ll have the latest on the arrest of the young air national guardsman suspected of leaking classified documents all right, good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, april 14th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire we begin in florida where ahead of a likely presidential run governor ron desantis signed a six-week abortion ban into law yesterday, a move that underscores just how controversial the move is. the typically boisterous desantis announced the decision with little fanfare last night, putting out this tweet just after 11:00, hours after the ban was approved by the gop controlled state legislature just two out of the 28 republicans in the florida senate voted against the bill, which makes exceptions for pregnancies involving rape or incest up until 15 weeks tho ....
Republicans in the florida senate voted against the bill, which makes exceptions for pregnancies involving rape or incest up until 15 weeks thosexes will only be allowed, though, if a woman has documentation such as a restraining order or a police report the bill does not change current exemptions for the life and health of the mother, which is up to 15 weeks now, despite yesterday s legislative win for republicans, the new law will only take effect if the state s current 15-week ban is upheld. and that ban, which desantis signed into law last year is the subject of an ongoing legal challenge before florida s conservative controlled supreme court. the ban would end florida s status as a destination for women across the south who are seeking abortions. since the dobbs decision last summer a number of women traveling from out-of-state to have abortions in florida has skyrocketed. according to the state s agency for health care administration more than 6,000 women did so last year compare ....