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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law, that disallowed nearly any abortion except in the case of a medical emergency, [138] though the state government repealed the 1902 law in May 2024 to allow the 2022 law to take precedence.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]
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 ...
Last year, he signed a 15-week abortion ban in his state and then earlier this year, he quietly signed a more-restrictive six-week abortion ban. It is unclear if Mr DeSantis would support a ...
Current NH law bans abortion after 24 weeks except when the mother’s health is in danger or a fatal fetal anomaly is present. NH House defeats 15-day abortion ban, constitutional right to ...
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 ...
2024 - Arizona’s abortion ban was repealed through legislation passed by Democratic lawmakers and five Republican lawmakers in the Arizona state legislature, and signed by Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs on 2 May 2024. [330] This repeal of the abortion ban took effect 90 days after the legislative session ended, on 14 September 2024. [331]
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