Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a bill that bans abortions in that state after six weeks, with exemptions only given up to 15 weeks for rape, incest and the life and health of the pregnant woman.
The new law marks a significant blow to abortion access in the South, where Florida has provided wider access to the procedure than its regional neighbors. DeSantis said as he signed the bill at an evangelical church in the city of Kissimmee.twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis The new law, which ta...
abortion rights advocates and democrats, including white house spokesperson karine jean-pierre, spoke out on tuesday against the new bills, which would ban abortion before many women know they are pregnant. "as with all abortion bans, this bill will prevent people from accessing essential...
The bill, like the Texas law, contains a procedural feature that allows private citizens to bring lawsuits against physicians who provide abortions after six weeks as well as any person who "knowingly engages in conduct that aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion." The Flori...
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"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. ...
Thenew adsfrom Democrats focus on the existing six-week ban and call it dangerous. The party has spent or booked nearly $4.6 million on ads, according to the ad tracking firm AdImpact. Democrats have for months asserted that, due in part to the abortion ini...
The Senate on March 8 unanimously passed a similar bill Mar 21, 2023 Six week abortion ban advances in the Florida House Jacqueline Quynh reports Democrats say there is little they can do to stop it from advancing further. Mar 17, 2023 ...
A Florida state lawmaker has introduced aTexas-style abortion banbill for the 2022 legislative session. "About a dozen states have what are called ‘trigger laws’ and it will be immediate. If Roe vs. Wade is overturned, then abortion will be criminalized again as it was in the 1860s a...
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