“The story of Penny found in the pan by DeSantis is ludicrous, and obviously untrue,” Steve Schmidt, one of the founders of the anti-Trump Republican group The Lincoln Project, wrote on X.

Ron DeSantis on Wednesday night told the story of 'Penny', whose parents tried to abort her. The woman has been revealed as Miriam 'Penny' Hopper, born in central Florida in 1955.

A Florida woman whose story Ron DeSantis used to explain his pro-life position has said she did not watch the debate where she was referenced, but was 'excited' by the new fame.

Doctors tried to abort ‘Penny’ multiple times and discarded her in a pan, and then her grandmother took her to another hospital? DeSantis lies like a toddler," one person posted on X, formerly ...