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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]
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law, that disallowed nearly any abortion except in the case of a medical emergency, [138] though the state government repealed the 1902 law in May 2024 to allow the 2022 law to take precedence.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]
The mayor of Miami told The Associated Press in June that he would support a 15-week federal abortion ban with exceptions to save the mother’s life, rape and incest.
The legislation would leave in place state laws that restrict abortion earlier than 15 weeks of pregnancy. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800 ...
Despite the federal stance, states opposed to abortion were considering laws to ban access to medical abortion, including out-of-state shipments in the U.S. mail and telemedicine support. [253] Some states seeking to block medical abortion options are also considering censoring information about this option to residents, leading to potential ...
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 ...
Antiabortion forces are trying to use the antiquated Comstock Act to justify a national abortion ban. But if the Supreme Court is true to its own reasoning, that won't fly
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]