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A stricter abortion law that takes effect in Florida on Wednesday — dropping the state’s 15-week ban to a six-week ban — will likely affect thousands of people seeking abortion care within ...
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, ... USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida. May 1, 2024 at 5:25 AM ... Florida's abortion laws would go back to more or less ...
The Florida Supreme Court, one of the most conservative in the country, issued a decision today upholding the state’s 15-week abortion ban and paving the way for a six-week ban to take affect ...
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 ...
The state has about 50 abortion clinics and performed about 84,000 abortions last year, with about 8,000 of them for women traveling from out of state, according to state health care data.
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.
On April 1, 2024, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the privacy provision of the state’s constitution does not protect access to abortion, upholding the state’s 15-week abortion ban and ...