{"id":74656,"date":"2026-06-09T11:56:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/florida-gop-gubernatorial-primary-candidate-says-as-governor-hed-shut-down-every-abortion-clinic-in-state\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:56:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:56:38","slug":"florida-gop-gubernatorial-primary-candidate-says-as-governor-hed-shut-down-every-abortion-clinic-in-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/florida-gop-gubernatorial-primary-candidate-says-as-governor-hed-shut-down-every-abortion-clinic-in-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida GOP gubernatorial primary candidate says as governor, he&#8217;d &#8216;shut down&#8217; every abortion clinic in state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Republican gubernatorial primary candidate James Fishback, who has called abortion &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/j_fishback\/status\/2062748293927489606\">a holocaust<\/a>,&#8221; wants to close every abortion clinic throughout the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/ron-desantis\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> is the most pro-life Governor in America, and I intend to build on his incredible work. As Governor, I will shut down the 53 abortion clinics that remain in Florida and replace every single one with a crisis pregnancy center,&#8221; Fishback told Fox News Digital in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These centers will offer free ultrasounds, baby food, diapers, and counseling, and even prenatal and <span class=\"_suggestionUnderline_1elhj_1268 _agentSuggestion_1elhj_1284\" data-suggestion-id=\"9d54f46c-44eb-4dc5-acca-11ee3ba56f9d\" data-is-insertion=\"false\" data-suggestion-type=\"_METADATA\" data-highlighted=\"false\">postpartum care<\/span>. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/judiciary\/abortion\">Abortion<\/a> is never the answer. Every expecting mom in Florida deserves real support, and as Governor, I will make sure she gets it,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/florida-gop-candidate-launches-tinder-account-campaign-young-female-voters\"><strong>FLORIDA GOP CANDIDATE LAUNCHES TINDER ACCOUNT TO CAMPAIGN TO YOUNG FEMALE VOTERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/report\/abortion-clinics-united-states-2024-2025\">Guttmacher Institute<\/a>, which describes itself as &#8220;a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and <span class=\"_suggestionUnderline_1elhj_1268 _agentSuggestion_1elhj_1284\" data-suggestion-id=\"ad339826-7a06-4852-b6ba-683af3f6a573\" data-is-insertion=\"false\" data-suggestion-type=\"_METADATA\" data-highlighted=\"false\">reproductive health<\/span> and rights (SRHR) worldwide,&#8221; indicated in a report earlier this year that as of December 2025 there were 49 clinics providing abortions in Florida, down from 53 as of March 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Last week in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/j_fishback\/status\/2063065510258913734\">post<\/a> on X, Fishback asserted, &#8220;100% of abortions are murder. And as Governor, I&#8217;ll treat them as such.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/outcry-youtubers-syndrome-abortion-proves-americans-reject-eugenics-activist-says\"><strong>OUTCRY OVER YOUTUBER&#8217;S DOWN SYNDROME ABORTION PROVES AMERICANS ARE &#8216;REPULSED BY EUGENICS,&#8217; ACTIVIST SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In another post last week he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/j_fishback\/status\/2062543742922363207\">wrote<\/a>, &#8220;It\u2019s murder. And I\u2019ll prosecute it as such. No more games. Abolish abortion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-says-congressman-would-have-his-total-endorsement-he-runs-florida-governor\">endorsed U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds<\/a>, R-Fla., for Florida governor.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins and former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, former state Rep. Paul Renner, are also running in the contest.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/florida-gop-candidate-wants-50-sin-tax-onlyfans-creators-fight-cultural-degeneracy\"><strong>FLORIDA GOP CANDIDATE WANTS 50% &#8216;SIN TAX&#8217; ON ONLYFANS CREATORS TO FIGHT &#8216;CULTURAL DEGENERACY&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Aug. 18 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/florida\">Florida<\/a> GOP gubernatorial primary contest is still more than two months away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Republican gubernatorial primary candidate James Fishback, who has called abortion &#8220;a holocaust,&#8221; wants to close every abortion clinic throughout the Sunshine State. &#8220;Ron DeSantis is the most pro-life Governor in America, and I intend to build on his incredible work. As Governor, I will shut down the 53 abortion clinics that remain in Florida &#8230; <a title=\"Florida GOP gubernatorial primary candidate says as governor, he&#8217;d &#8216;shut down&#8217; every abortion clinic in state\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/florida-gop-gubernatorial-primary-candidate-says-as-governor-hed-shut-down-every-abortion-clinic-in-state\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Florida GOP gubernatorial primary candidate says as governor, he&#8217;d &#8216;shut down&#8217; every abortion clinic in state\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}