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The Florida Supreme Court ruled to allow the state’s 15-week abortion ban to take effect while also allowing a broad abortion amendment to be added to the November ballot.
The separate rulings uphold Florida’s 15-week abortion ban while also clearing the path for a proposal that opponents say could invalidate almost all the state’s pro-life laws and enshrine abortion up till the moment of birth in the state.
One of the rulings upholds Florida’s 15-week pro-life law, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022. In this decision, the court ruled 6-1 that abortion is not covered in the state’s right to privacy clause. This clears the path for the state’s six-week Heartbeat Protection Act, which is currently blocked, to also take effect in 30 days.
At the same time, a separate 4-3 decision found that the Limiting Government Interference with Abortion Amendment proposal meets the state’s qualifications of being worded clearly and concerned with only one issue, stipulations that opponents argued the amendment did not meet.
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The separate rulings uphold Florida’s 15-week abortion ban while also clearing the path for a proposal that opponents say could invalidate almost all the state’s pro-life laws and enshrine abortion up till the moment of birth in the state.
One of the rulings upholds Florida’s 15-week pro-life law, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022. In this decision, the court ruled 6-1 that abortion is not covered in the state’s right to privacy clause. This clears the path for the state’s six-week Heartbeat Protection Act, which is currently blocked, to also take effect in 30 days.
At the same time, a separate 4-3 decision found that the Limiting Government Interference with Abortion Amendment proposal meets the state’s qualifications of being worded clearly and concerned with only one issue, stipulations that opponents argued the amendment did not meet.
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Florida Supreme Court approves 15-week pro-life law
The separate rulings uphold Florida’s 15-week abortion ban while also clearing the path for a proposal that opponents say could invalidate the state’s pro-life laws.
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