Reproductive freedom is personal.
These decisions belong to people. Not the government.
Reproductive freedom means trusting people to make deeply personal decisions about pregnancy, health, and family based on their own values, circumstances, and health, not having government restrict those choices. Florida should be a place where people are trusted and free to make their own decisions, with access to safe care protected. Freedom, if it means anything, has to mean this: trusting people, especially when it matters most.
Decisions about pregnancy, health, and family are some of the most personal choices anyone will ever make.
They are not political talking points. They are real moments in people's lives. And those decisions should belong to the person living them. Not politicians. Not the government.
This is a difficult issue for many, and we should respect that. But when government steps in, it doesn't protect freedom. It restricts it. It tells people that their judgment, their circumstances, and their lives are not enough to make their own choices. That's not what freedom is supposed to look like.
Freedom means trusting people. Trusting them to make deeply personal, often difficult decisions based on their own values, their own health, and their own future.
It means ensuring that access to care is available, safe, and protected.
Florida should be a place where people are trusted, respected, and free to make their own choices. Because freedom, if it means anything, has to mean this.
Freedom means trusting people.
Especially when it matters most.
Frequently asked questions
Q. Does this candidate want to ban abortion entirely?
No. This candidate is explicitly pro-choice and proposes restoring access by replacing Florida's 6-week ban with a statute permitting abortion until fetal viability (approximately 23 to 24 weeks), with state regulation thereafter except where necessary to protect maternal life or health. This is the same framework that governed U.S. abortion law for 49 years.
Q. Can someone be pro-choice and also a Christian?
Yes. This candidate states: "I will be a pro-choice governor who also speaks openly about my faith convictions. I don't see those in conflict." The framing treats personal religious belief as compatible with public policy support for bodily autonomy, serving all Floridians including those who do not share the same religious tradition.
Q. What is Florida's 6-week abortion ban?
SB 300, signed in April 2023 and effective May 2024, prohibits abortion after 6 weeks gestational age (roughly 4 weeks post-conception, often only one week after a missed period). Exceptions are narrow: to save the mother's life, for rape or incest up to 15 weeks with documentation, and certain fatal fetal abnormalities.
Q. How has abortion access changed in Florida?
Florida abortion totals fell 28% from 2023 to 2024, the first decline since the Roe era. Out-of-state travel to Virginia jumped 12-fold and to North Carolina 6-fold. Florida went from a regional access point for women traveling IN to a state women now travel FROM.
Q. How would this restore reproductive freedom in Florida?
Through a Florida statute replicating the Roe framework: abortion legal until fetal viability (around 23 to 24 weeks), with state regulation thereafter only where necessary to protect maternal life or health. This would require legislative action, with administrative authority available through state health rulemaking and prosecutorial discretion.
Q. What would actually change for Florida women under this plan?
Abortion would be legal until around 23 to 24 weeks instead of the current 6-week ceiling. Most women who currently must travel out of state would have access in Florida. Documentation requirements for rape or incest survivors would relax to ordinary informed consent procedures, and costs would drop dramatically by eliminating long-distance travel.