1. "I said I am pro-life, I will be a pro-life president, and we will support pro-life policies." (Source) (Source)2. Signed a heartbeat bill in 2023. (Source)3. Suggested that pro-life laws are best done at the state level “I really believe now in our society it’s really a bottom-up movement, and that’s where we’ve had most success. — Iowa, South Carolina, Florida — and I think you’re going to continue to see a lot of good battles there.” (Source)4. Committed to supporting a 15-week federal ban. (Source)

From SB300 signed by Gov. DeSantis in April 2023: "A physician may not use telehealth as defined in s. 456.47 to perform an abortion, including, but not limited to, medical abortions.   Source   Any medications intended for use in a medical abortion must be dispensed in person by a physician and may not be dispensed through the United States Postal Service or by any other courier or shipping service." (lines 229-234)  Source 

Voted to defund Planned parenthood in 2015 in congress.   Source   And, statewide: “The Office of Governor Ron DeSantis is fully behind this action from the (Florida) Attorney General and we support this move to fully defund Planned Parenthood from any taxpayer support."  Source

DeSantis signed package of bills that protected moral beliefs of doctors and payors and outlawed vaccine mandates even for private businesses.  Source  

"We need independence from China. We cannot subcontract out key aspects of our industrial base to a country that doesn’t have our interest at heart and that is our No. 1 geopolitical threat."  Source

"[M]ilitary losing its focus", "recruiting is suffering", "ammunition stocks are being depleted", "political agendas in our military...military and civilian leaders [using] our armed forces for social experimentation or to advance woke ideology"  Source

"Our alliance with Israel rests on unique cultural and religious affinities and Judeo-Christian values that trace back thousands of years to the Holy Land and which have been essential to the American experiment."  Source

DeSantis voted for the Tax Cut bill in 2017 that eliminated tax penalties for violating Obamacare’s individual mandate.  Source

“We’re not going to mess with Social Security as Republicans. I think that that’s pretty clear.”  Source

"DeSantis (will) use his Article II authority to prohibit federal grants to entities that engage in active discrimination through DEI or other unconstitutional initiatives. He will no longer allow hardworking families and taxpayers to have their tax dollars flow to organizations that seek to undermine their values and beliefs."  Source

1. “Taxpayers shouldn’t be footing the bill for student loan relief and Biden’s order isn’t constitutional. If anything, universities handing out worthless degrees should be on the hook”. (2022)  Source 2.“If somebody defaults, the university should pick it up,” “If they were on the hook for it, they would make sure the curriculum was designed to produce people that can be very productive. You’d have a heck of a lot less gender studies going on.” (2023)  Source

DeSantis opposed a 2021 Constitutional Amendment in FL that gradually raises the minimum wage to $15, saying it “would close small businesses, kill jobs and reduce wages.”  Source

"I will use every ounce of my executive power and political capital to get the wall built."  Source

“This idea of having a diversity visa lottery where it’s not based on merit but just random countries are entitled to visas, that’s not the best way to make America competitive in the 21st century. I believe that we need to move to a merit-based system...And then in terms of things like chain migration, I think it’s a similar problem where someone may come in based on merit but then you have these extended family that are more family-based rather than skills-based."  Source

"We will reimpose Remain in Mexico and stop the flood of phony asylum claims."  Source

"DeSantis will support school choice nationwide, protect parental rights, reform accreditation, and steer funding towards programs and institutions that support the jobs of the future. Our students will learn how to read, write, do math, and think critically instead of learning to hate our country. DeSantis will educate artisans and engineers instead of politicized administrators and bureaucrats, seeking to accelerate students along these career paths as early as possible. DeSantis will work with the private sector to accelerate and develop vocational and apprenticeship programs in anticipation of our great industrial revival, with a goal to become #1 in the world for skilled trades by 2030.DeSantis will no longer incentivize useless degrees and courses with blanket government loans. To that end, he will make universities, not taxpayers, responsible for the loans their students accrue. He will also seek to allow student loans to be discharged through bankruptcy like any other loan."  Source

"So we would do Education [and others]...If Congress won't go that far, I'm gonna use those agencies to push back against woke ideology and against the leftism that we see creeping into all institutions of American life."  Source

“Parents’ rights have been increasingly under assault around the nation, but in Florida we stand up for the rights of parents and the fundamental role they play in the education of their children. Parents have every right to be informed about services offered to their child at school, and should be protected from schools using classroom instruction to sexualize their kids as young as 5 years old.”  Source

“While other parts of the country are mistreating, marginalizing, and defunding law enforcement, in Florida we continue to prioritize and appreciate our law enforcement officers."  Source

"'Public health' has become a pretext for depriving citizens of civil liberties and trampling on our Constitutional rights. It ends when I am President. Your 2nd Amendment rights SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED."  Source

“If the Democrats are able to sweep up the offices of president, senate and house, what will they do with that power, they will try to pack the U.S. Supreme Court...I don't think any of us think that that is a positive agenda.”  Source (42:55)

Said there was "no need" to pass the 'Equality Act' and called concerns about religious freedom critics had "valid."  Source

DeSantis signed a law for FL minors that ‘prohibits government agencies, including local municipalities and public colleges and universities, as well as Florida's Medicaid program, from spending state money on gender-affirming care.’   Source
“Florida is proud to lead the way in standing up for our children. As the world goes mad, Florida represents a refuge of sanity and a citadel of normalcy.”  Source

Catholic: "Our household is a Christ-centered household," "We're raising our kids with those values. We think that that's very important."  Source

"We have taken action to protect the integrity of our elections by making ballot harvesting a felony, strengthening voter ID, eliminating drop boxes, and banning Zuckerbucks." Source

“If the Democrats are able to sweep all the offices of President, Senate and House, what will they do with that power? They will try to pack the U.S. Supreme Court. They will try to abolish the electoral college. They will try to make Washington, D.C. a state so they get two left-wing senators virtually for life, and they will try to eliminate voter ID across this country and mandate ballot harvesting in every state in the union. Now, I don't think any of us think that that's a very positive agenda.”  Source  (42:55).

"The bill that we'll be signing here today provides substantive protections for both students and parents to ensure that the education they're receiving in Florida is consistent with the standards of the state of Florida. And those standards do not allow pernicious ideologies like critical race theory to be taught in our K-12 schools."  Source

"Don’t tell me a man can become a woman. Don’t tell me a man can get pregnant. It’s NOT true, and we cannot root our society in things that are false. The truth will set us free."  Source

1. Signed 'Fairness in Women’s Sports Act' in 2021  Source 2. "I can tell you that in Florida, girls are going to play girls' sports and boys are going to play boys' sports. We're going to make sure that that's the reality."   Source3. "I don't think men should be going into little girls' bathrooms.  I think it's wrong and I think we have every right to protect them from that."  Source4. DeSantis signed Concerned Women for America's Presidential Promise to America's Women which is a pledge to protect the dignity of women. Source

“This is driven by ideology. It’s not driven by reality. In reality, human beings are safer than ever from climate disasters. The death rate for climate disasters has declined by 98 percent over the last hundred years, and the No. 1 reason for that is people that have had access to reliable electricity, have power.”  Source

"We will not rely on unproven technologies that lead to blackouts... we need reliable energy in this country. When disaster strikes, when you need to get people's electricity back on. I can't rely on windmills, I need oil and gas to get the job done."  Source