evidence: Mucarsel-Powell has made reproductive rights a key focus of her campaign against Sen. Rick Scott, a powerful Republican who holds ambitions to lead the GOP in the Senate. Mucarsel-Powell is the first Latina to run statewide in Florida in a decade, and in a state where 1 in every 5 voters is Latinx, her success depends on her ability to stem GOP gains with that group here in South Florida. [...] Roxanna Hernandez, 60, immigrated from the Dominican Republic, which has a total abortion ban with no exceptions. Hernandez said the restrictions and cultural stigma have created a hostile environment around the procedure, even in medical emergencies. In 2020, 16 percent of eligible voters in Florida were immigrants, a share that’s much higher in South Florida and will likely be higher ahead of the November elections. [...] Scott has said he would sign a six-week abortion ban into law if he were governor again but also said recently he would support replacing the current state ban with a 15-week restriction. Scott previously supported a national ban, but a spokesman told Axios recently that he does not. He also will not support the state’s constitutional amendment on abortion, which will need some Republican backing to reach 60 percent support.