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GOP governors mulling 2024 run aren’t rushing abortion laws

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at Miami's Freedom Tower, May 9, 2022. DeSantis, a top potential White House contender also running for reelection, has shied away from detailing whether he will push to completely ban abortions despite a pledge to "expand pro-life protections." (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

FILE - Republican Asa Hutchinson talks to supporters at his election watch party in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, May 20, 2014. In Arkansas, which like South Dakota had an abortion ban immediately triggered by the Supreme Court's ruling, Hutchinson has said he does not plan to put abortion on the agenda of next month's special session focused on tax cuts. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, file)

FILE - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks on Feb. 25, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Noem was initially eager to jump right into lawmaking when the U.S. Supreme Court indicated this year it was poised to allow states to ban abortions. But now that the political realities of the state’s trigger ban on abortions have arrived, the Republican governor has hesitated. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

GOP governors mulling 2024 run aren’t rushing abortion laws