On abortion, Florida’s party of ‘religious freedom’ tramples over non-Christians’ beliefs

When Florida imposed a 15-week abortion ban in April, the state Senate president’s office released a statement titled: “Increased protection for unborn children signed into law.” Republican Senate President Wilton Simpson also said about the measure: “After 15 weeks, that is a child. And so, the argument is, should you kill a baby after 15 weeks because it was (conceived) under certain circumstances?” But this notion of an unborn child isn’t universally shared. It was pushed first by Roman Catholics and later by evangelicals in their decadeslong efforts to end abortion rights. That Gov. Ron De...