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In 2023, the Florida Legislature passed a "heartbeat bill" banning abortion at 6 weeks, but the law had a trigger provision, preventing it from going into effect unless the Florida Supreme Court first ruled in favor of the 15-week ban. The Court did so on April 1, 2024, [43] [44] and the 6-week ban took effect on May 1, 2024. [43]
In Nebraska, a competing amendment to keep abortions limited to the first trimester, roughly 12 weeks’ gestation, triumphed over an amendment that would have protected abortion access until ...
Mayes that instead of a 15-week ban on abortion passed by the state in 2022, that the state should follow a 1902 law, based on a pre-ratification 1864 law, that disallowed nearly any abortion except in the case of a medical emergency, [138] though the state government repealed the 1902 law in May 2024 to allow the 2022 law to take precedence. [139]
And as recently as March, Trump flirted with the notion of a 15-week federal abortion ban, telling a radio host that “the number of weeks now — people are agreeing on 15, and I’m thinking in ...
Amendment 4, Abortion Access, which will appear on November's ballot, would enshrine abortion access in the Florida Constitution if it wins by a supermajority, or at least 60% of the vote. The ...
The Hyde Amendment bars the use of federal funds to pay for abortion except to save the life of the pregnant woman, or if the pregnancy arises from incest or rape. [13] [14] Before the Hyde Amendment took effect in 1980, an estimated 300,000 abortions were performed annually using federal funds. [15]
The former vice president is an adamant anti-abortion advocate, going as far as to say he would support a federal ban even for unviable pregnancies.. In an interview with the Associated Press in ...
A call for a 15-week national ban is likely to displease both sides of the abortion debate, with conservative groups unhappy with what they view as an overly permissive time limit and abortion ...