Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) wouldn't say if he would endorse a federal abortion ban during a television interview, which has become a source of contention for national anti-abortion groups who have pressured Republican presidential candidates to support a national ban on abortion.

DeSantis signed a six-week abortion ban into law earlier this year that goes far beyond the 15-week abortion ban his fellow 2024 presidential rival former Vice President Mike Pence and others have championed. But DeSantis has stopped short of saying he would sign a national abortion ban into law if he was elected president, arguing instead that the issue should be left up to individual states.

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"We will be a pro-life president and we will support pro-life policies," DeSantis told NBC News's Dasha Burns when asked if he would veto a nationwide abortion ban. "I would not allow what a lot of the Left wants to do, which is to override pro-life protections throughout the country all the way up really until the moment of birth in some instances, which I think is infanticide."

DeSantis also stated in the interview that he "would not support any penalties on a woman" who received an abortion.

DeSantis's stance has previously angered the national anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, which blasted the governor last month. “A pro-life president has a duty to protect the lives of all Americans,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, the group's president. “He should be the National Defender of Life.”

“Gov. DeSantis’s dismissal of this task is unacceptable to prolife voters. A consensus is already formed. Intensity for it is palpable and measurable," Dannenfelser added.

In the clip shared before the DeSantis interview airs Monday night, Burns pushed back against DeSantis's claims that Democrats support "infanticide," leading to a quick back-and-forth.

"I gotta push back on you on that because that’s a misrepresentation of what’s happening. I mean, 1.3% of abortions happen at 21 weeks or higher," Burns said. "There’s no evidence of Democrats pushing for abortions up until —"

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DeSantis cut in and responded with, "But their view is, is that all the way up until that, yet there should not be any legal protections —"

Burns then interrupted him to say, "There's no indication of Democrats pushing for that."

Former President Donald Trump, the current front-runner in the GOP presidential race, has also skirted around endorsing a federal abortion ban and once called DeSantis's six-week abortion ban "too harsh." However, Trump has been quick to champion his efforts of nominating three Supreme Court justices as what eventually led to Roe v. Wade being overturned last summer.