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Florida's first abortion law was implemented in 1868, lasting until 1972; it stated: [8] [9] Abortion: Every person who shall administer to any woman pregnant with a quick child any medicine, drug or substance whatever, or shall use or employ any instrument or other means, with intent thereby to destroy such child, unless the same shall have been necessary to preserve the life of such mother ...
For years the last state in the South that permitted abortion beyond 12 weeks, Florida's more restrictive 6-week ban went into effect Wednesday. Abortion now illegal after 6 weeks in Florida, with ...
READ MORE: Seven things to know about what Florida’s six-week abortion ban means. Florida’s 6-week ban maintains exceptions allowing abortions up to 15 weeks in instances of rape and incest ...
In the new law, all abortions (with a few exceptions) would be illegal in the state of Florida after a "physician determines the gestational age of the fetus is more than 6 weeks," a time when ...
The state passed the Reproductive Health Equity Act into law in April 2022, which protects abortion rights, and assures "every individual has a fundamental right to make decisions about the individual's reproductive health care, including the fundamental right to use or refuse contraception; a pregnant individual has a fundamental right to ...
Florida Amendment 4 [1] was a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution, which failed on November 5, 2024. [2] [3] Through a statewide referendum, the amendment achieved 57% support among voters in the U.S. state of Florida, short of the 60% supermajority required by law. Despite its failure to pass, the double digit percentage majority ...
From 1972 to 2022, abortion was legal in Florida until 24 weeks of pregnancy. In 2022, Florida began to enforce a restriction passed by legislators preventing women from terminating pregnancies ...
The Heartbeat Protection Act (SB 300) is a Florida state law passed in 2023 that criminalizes abortion after 6 weeks' gestation [1]. The law went into effect May 1, 2024 after passing in 2023. Under Florida’s current abortion ban, it is nearly impossible for most women to access an abortion.