As of Wednesday (Could 1, 2024), it’s now unlawful to get an abortion in Florida after 6 weeks and any ban violators will face a third-degree felony.
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Earlier than this, Florida had been a refuge for abortion entry within the South after the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v. Wade. It was reported that greater than 9,300 folks traveled to the state final 12 months for abortion care; which is greater than double the quantity in 2020. An estimated whole reveals 84,000 abortions have been carried out in Florida final 12 months, about 1 in 12 nationwide.
In April 2022, Florida first banned abortions after 15 weeks when Governor Ron DeSantis signed a Mississippi-style abortion ban into legislation, which shortened the earlier window out there to legally terminate a being pregnant by greater than two months.
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Inside minutes of DeSantis’ workplace saying that the invoice (HB 5) had made its option to them after being authorized by the Florida Legislature in March, the governor proudly signed the ban, which was accompanied by a ceremony and rally at an evangelical church in Kissimmee.
After the earlier 15-week ban was handed in April 2022, the 6-week ban formally went into impact a month in the past when the state Supreme Courtroom overruled a 34-year-old choice defending a girl’s proper to terminate a being pregnant. The ruling, which prohibits abortions after 15 weeks of being pregnant, triggered the extra restrictive 6-week ban handed by the Florida Legislature final 12 months. The 6-week ban, tied to the Supreme Courtroom case, had been briefly blocked however went into impact 30 days after final month’s choice.
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Florida’s new 6-week abortion ban that has gone into impact has now curtailed its earlier 15-week ban and made it a third-degree felony for any violators performing or actively collaborating in abortion after six weeks’ gestation, which is about two weeks after a missed interval.
Nonetheless, it’s additional famous that the brand new 6-week abortion ban in Florida has gone into impact with exceptions for rape, incest, and human trafficking as much as 15 weeks of being pregnant. Moreover, Florida legislation can even enable abortions to avoid wasting a girl’s life or to forestall “substantial and irreversible” bodily impairment, nonetheless, docs would possibly nonetheless face authorized legal responsibility.
It’s also reported that the 6-week abortion ban in Florida requires a affected person to go to a clinic two occasions in particular person, 24 hours aside, forward of an abortion.
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