Anna Paulina Luna is a self-described "pro-life extremist," publicly supporting strict abortion bans including those with no exceptions for rape or incest, and backing laws such as Texas' six-week abortion ban (Tampa Bay Times, Palm Beach Post).
She celebrated the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade and has consistently advocated for the pro-life movement, describing abortion as an issue of protecting the unborn (Al Dia News).
Luna strongly supports Florida's near-total abortion ban and praised the state's six-week limit as "following the science" regarding fetal heartbeat detection (Tampa Bay Times, Palm Beach Post).
While personally pro-life, Luna increasingly frames abortion as a states' rights issue, repeatedly saying these decisions should be made at the local level and that her federal role limits her influence over state policy (Fox Business, NBC - 8 WFLA).
Luna's legislative record and public comments have drawn criticism and political attacks for being out of step with constituents, especially regarding her opposition to abortion exceptions and support for measures that could restrict IVF, making abortion a potential vulnerability in her swing district (Tampa Bay Times, Press Release - DCCC).
June 2022: Anna Paulina Luna Publicly Supported The Supreme Court's Overturning Of Roe v. Wade According to Al Dia News, "'The Supreme Court has OVERTURNED Roe v Wade! We must stand FIRM in protecting the lives of the unborn. I will continue to fight for the pro-life movement and those that fight to protect the sanctity of life every single day,' she wrote." [Al Dia News, 11/15/22]
2022: Luna Publicly Endorsed Election Fraud Claims And Antiabortion Positions According to Washington Post, "Like some of her counterparts elected on Tuesday night, Luna has made false claims about election fraud and advanced the antiabortion movement, a cause she first came to after dissecting a chicken egg in college and seeing the baby chick flinch beneath her scalpel." [Washington Post, 11/8/22]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Described Herself As 'Pro-Life Extremist' According to Washington Post, Luna "described herself as a 'pro-life extremist.'" [Washington Post, 11/1/24]
November 2024: Paulina Luna Opposed Amendment 4 On Women's Reproductive Rights According to NBC - 8 WFLA, 'It is a very radical amendment that pushes for late-term abortion, and I don't think questions on policies should be an issue for the State Representatives to be putting on the ballots for Florida residents to vote on,' Paulina Luna said. [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 11/2/24]
2025: Sunny Hostin Stated Luna Supported Florida's Near Total Ban On Abortion According to ABC News, "I mean, she, you know, unfortunately, and she actually, this representative supported Florida's extreme near total ban on abortions. She told Floridians that if they disagreed with the state's policy, they should move out of the state." [ABC News Transcript THE VIEW 11:02 AM EST, 4/3/25]
2022: Anna Paulina Luna Supported Texas Abortion Law According to an editorial published in Tampa Bay Times, "Luna, 33, has described herself as a 'pro-life extremist' and publicly supported Texas' abortion law that bans abortions at about six weeks and allows private citizens to file a civil lawsuit against anyone who knowingly 'aids or abets' an abortion." [Editorial - Tampa Bay Times, 10/11/22]
2022: Luna Identified As Pro-Life Extremist And Election Denier By Opponent According to Tampa Bay Times, "Lynn earlier this year released an ad that included clips of Luna calling herself a 'pro-life extremist' and saying she believed the 2020 election was stolen." [Tampa Bay Times, 10/17/22]
2022: Anna Paulina Luna Faced Criticism For Abortion Stance During Congressional Run According to Tampa Bay Times, 'Luna faced criticism frompartisan foes for her position on abortion during her successful run for Congress in 2022, with her opponent airing an advertisement in which Luna claimed she is a "pro-life extremist." She's expected to face similar heat this cycle.' [Tampa Bay Times, 2/27/24]
March 2024: DCCC Claimed Anna Paulina Luna Suffered Political Blow Due To Abortion Ballot According to Tampa Bay Times, "A spokesperson for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said that two Republican U.S. representatives in swing-ish districts, Miami-Dade County's Maria Elvira Salazar and Pinellas' Anna Paulina Luna, suffered a 'serious blow' with abortion being allowed on the ballot." [Tampa Bay Times, 3/21/24]
March 2024: Luna's Campaign Downplayed Abortion's Role In Congressional Race According to Tampa Bay Times, "(In a statement, the Luna campaign downplayed abortion's role in the race, writing that Luna doesn't have a 'legitimate' Democratic opponent.)" [Tampa Bay Times, 3/21/24]
March 2023: Anna Paulina Luna Praised Florida's Six-Week Abortion Ban As 'Following The Science' According to Tampa Bay Times, "In an appearance on an anti-abortion Catholic news program last March, Luna praised the six-week bill, saying it was 'following the science' by protecting a fetus after the time its heartbeat can be detected." [Tampa Bay Times, 4/5/24]
2022: Anna Paulina Luna Described Herself As A 'Pro-Life Extremist' And Stated Her Support For Abortion Bans Without Rape Or Incest Exceptions According to Palm Beach Post (Florida), "Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., has proudly described herself as a 'pro-life extremist.' 'My husband is a byproduct of rape,' she told a conservative student group in 2022, explaining her support for abortion bans with no exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest." [Palm Beach Post (Florida), 4/7/24]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Asserted Life Begins At Conception According to Palm Beach Post (Florida), "She said she was first convinced that life begins at conception in college, when she was dissecting a chicken embryo in a biology lab and watched it twitch away from her scalpel. 'Life does begin at conception, and even something like a chicken can sense danger from a scalpel,' she said on 'Pro-Life Weekly,' a show on the Eternal Word Television Network, last year." [Palm Beach Post (Florida), 4/7/24]
Anna Paulina Luna Supported Florida's Six-Week Abortion Ban And Cited 'Science' According to Palm Beach Post (Florida), "Carson did not highlight the 'anti-abortion extremist' record that Luna has been eager to advertise in the past - including her previously stated support for Florida's six-week abortion ban that she said was 'following the science.'" [Palm Beach Post (Florida), 4/7/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Supported Restricting Active Duty Service Members' Access To Reproductive Care According to Palm Beach Post (Florida), "Salazar also voted to eliminate resources for active-duty service members seeking reproductive care, a measure Luna also supported. Those votes helped both women earn A+ ratings from SBA Pro-Life America." [Palm Beach Post (Florida), 4/7/24]
2024: Luna Faced Pressure From DeSantis To Publicly Oppose Abortion Measure According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "Luna and other Republicans are facing pressure from Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to publicly oppose the measure." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 9/13/24]
Anna Paulina Luna Dodged Abortion Referendum Question In 2024 According to Tampa Bay Times, "Months later, Luna was asked about Florida's abortion referendum. She dodged the question: 'The Supreme Court said, as a federal legislator, that my opinion on the matter doesn't really matter,' she told a reporter for Politico." [Tampa Bay Times, 10/24/24]
April 2024: Anna Paulina Luna Maintained Abortion Should Be A State Issue And Asserted She Has No Say Over Florida Law According to Tampa Bay Times, "Luna, whose district includes most of Pinellas County, stressed in a statement that as a federal representative, she has no say in Florida law. She said abortion is an issue that should be determined by individual states." [Tampa Bay Times, 4/5/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna's Spokesperson Stated Florida Court Rulings Would Not Affect Her Race And Emphasized Abortion As A State Issue According to Palm Beach Post (Florida), "A spokesperson for Luna, Olivia Carson, said the Florida court rulings would have no effect on Luna's race, because voters understood that abortion was a state issue. She dismissed the five Democrats vying for the chance to challenge Luna as unserious candidates." [Palm Beach Post (Florida), 4/7/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Emphasized Local Control On Abortion Decisions According to Palm Beach Post (Florida), "In a statement, Luna avoided stating a position on Florida's six-week ban and focused instead on the November ballot initiative. 'The Supreme Court returned these decisions to the states where it belongs,' she said. 'Our system of government works best when decisions are made at the local level, not in Washington, D.C. These decisions should be made by Florida residents.'" [Palm Beach Post (Florida), 4/7/24]
September 2024: Luna Said Her Opinion On Florida Abortion Measure Did Not 'Really Matter' According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R) said this week that her opinion on the state's ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights into the state's constitution 'doesn't really matter.' Luna told Politico on Thursday that she believes the topic is a 'state's rights issue.' 'I don't think that questions of policy should be placed on the ballot, and I think that there's some things that are up for debate within the medical community alone,' Luna told the outlet when asked how she would vote on the measure in November. 'The Supreme Court said, as a federal legislator, that my opinion on the matter doesn't really matter.'" [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 9/13/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Affirmed Pro-Life Position But Framed Abortion As States' Rights Issue In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "First of all, we all know that abortion is a states' rights issue. And you know, Neil, that I am personally pro-life. But, again, that's a states' rights issue. So I think people can still have their convictions, but ultimately uphold federalism with how our founding fathers engineered this country." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business (Neil Cavuto), 4/16/24]
April 2024: Luna Stated She Is Personally Pro-Life But Recognized Abortion As States' Rights Issue According to CQ Transcriptions, Luna stated, "First of all, we all know that abortion is a states' rights issue. And you know, Neil, that I am personally pro-life. But, again, that's a states' rights issue. So I think people can still have their convictions, but ultimately uphold federalism with how our founding fathers engineered this country." [CQ Transcriptions, 4/16/24]
June 2024: Luna Argued Abortion Is A States' Rights Decision And Criticized Democratic Framing According to Fox News, "LUNA: [...] you know, Jesse, as well as I do that they have been trying to really paint Republicans as anti-woman and they are trying to push an abortion crisis right now with the election, and I don't think that that's a case. A lot of the American people know that this is a state rights decision, and so I think that they know that they are losing. It is very evident at this point." [Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME 8:00 PM EST, 6/13/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna's Budget Endorsed Passing 'Life at Conception Act' to Ban Abortion and IVF According to a press release from the DCCC, "Luna's budget calls for passing the Life at Conception Act, which would effectively ban abortion nationwide without exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the woman and would also essentially ban IVF access." [Press Release - DCCC, 3/21/24]
April 2024: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Criticized Anna Paulina Luna's Stance On Abortion Exceptions According to Tampa Bay Times, "'Anna Paulina Luna's enthusiastic support for a near total abortion ban and her obsessive opposition to exceptions for rape put her grossly out of touch with Tampa Bay voters,' Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokesperson Lauryn Fanguen said." [Tampa Bay Times, 4/5/24]