Florida abortion legislation would ban procedure after 15 weeks The bills are similar to a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks ByBrie StimsonFox News PublishedJanuary 12, 2022 12:17am EST Facebook Twitter Flipboard Print Email ...
Florida wasn't among those earlier states, but lawmakers acted after a leak of a draft version of the new abortion ruling, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, in January 2022. Florida lawmakers agreed to ban abortion after 15 weeks, with an exception for the life of the woman bu...
PRO-LIFE SUPER-MAJORITY. LATEST FLORIDA ABORTION STATSCURRENT RATE OF KILL:52,753 ÷ 10 MONTHS = 5,276 PER MONTH*52,753÷ 43.5 WEEKS = 1,213 PER WEEK*1213 ÷ 7 DAYS = 174 PER DAY*174 ÷ 24 HOURS = 8 PER HOUR*60 MINUTES ÷ 8 = ONE BABY EVERY 7.5 MINUTES*(We round up to th...
A federal judge has continued to block the head of Florida’s health department from taking any more steps to threaten TV stations that air commercials for an abortion rights measure on next week’s ballot.
The state high court’s ruling upholds the state’s previous abortion laws but also could deliver a stunning blow to Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Republicans.
"You all know about the abortion ban so, a 15-year-old can't decide that they want to be trans but they can be forced to have a child? They're that responsible?" asked Sarah Parker, the president of Women's Voices of SW Florida. ...
DeSantis had previously signed a 15-week abortion ban last year. That ban is now before the Florida Supreme Court, which means the latest ban is also on hold until the court rules on the earlier ban. All Republicans in the Florida Senate voted for the law, with the exception of two fre...
A ballot measure in Florida to enshrine abortion rights has failed to secure the necessary votes, according to the Associated Press. As results for the 2024 election roll in, votes late Tuesday indicate that the state’s six-week abortion ban that took effect in May—one of the country’s ...
Nancy Northup, the president and CEO of the Center of Reproductive Rights, said in a statement after its rejection on Tuesday night that Floridians are "living under an abortion ban they didn't ask for or don't want." "As the majority of Florida voters made clear tonight, they want thei...
when asked about the new bills. he has previously said he would sign an abortion ban as early as six weeks. desantis said he thought the rape and incest exceptions in the bills were "sensible." abortion rights advocates and democrats, including white house spokesperson karine jean-p...