A six-week abortion ban is now law in Florida, cutting off a key access point for abortions across the U.S. Southeast. Florida had been one of the last states in the region where the procedure remained available after the Supreme Court overturned a federal right to abortion two years...
Florida Adoption Law Causing Abortion, Say LawyersTed Olsen
Florida used to allow abortions up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, but it passed a 15-week ban in 2022, and last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an even more restrictive six-week ban into law. The 15-week ban was challenged in the courts by Planned Parenthood, which argued that the state'...
His position could have implications on the availability of abortion not only in Florida but across the South – and also figure into the 2024 presidential race. THE CURRENT FLORIDA LAW In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, giving control over ...
TALLAHASSEE— In a defeat for supporters of a proposal aimed at enshrining abortion rights in the state Constitution, the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for arevised "financial impact statement"to appear on the November ballot.Financial impact statements, which usually draw ...
in the third trimester, up from 18 percent in 2018. “I’ve become more solidified in the belief that there should be very little law around any abortion,” said Meredith MacVittie, 41, who lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia. “If there were some regulations on abortion after 30 weeks...
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law a bill approved by the Republican-dominated Florida Legislature to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. DeSantis signed the bill Thursday after the the House granted final passage to the proposal ea
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The highly anticipated report concluded that the former lawmaker paid for sex, violated Florida’s statutory rape law and used illegal drugs. Aneeta Mathur-Ashton Dec. 23, 2024 READ: House Ethics Report on Matt Gaetz The release of the report finding evidence that Gaet...
“In a very conservative state, the kind of viability line that those national groups are looking for just simply wouldn’t pass here,” Watson said. The campaign has until July 5 to gather 90,700 valid signatures. Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law last...