The “Florida government” agreed to sign the bill in favor of banning abortion after “six weeks”
The majority of abortions after six weeks of pregnancy are prohibited by “Florida’s House of Representatives,” opening the door for significant changes to the procedure’s accessibility throughout the state.
Ron DeSantis, the “Republican governor of Florida,” indicated his support for this bill before it became law.
Opposition parties show their disagreement with the law by quoting that many women aren’t even aware of the pregnancy at that time. Abortion is currently illegal in Florida after 15 weeks.
“Since Roe v. Wade, which granted women in the US the fundamental right to abortion,” was abolished last year; the state has served as a shelter for those seeking abortions in the country’s southeast.
The current “15-week limit in the state” is one of the more permissive in the southeast, and many women fly to Florida from other states to get the surgery. For as long as the woman can present proof like a police record or a restraining order, the six-week prohibition allows an exception for abortions in cases of “rape or incest.”
On Thursday, the restriction was enacted by the “Republican-controlled House of Florida” with 70 votes in favor and 40 votes against. On April 3, the state Senate approved it.
Republican lawmaker Kiyan Michael stated during the discussion, “A woman’s right to choose, I’ve heard people talk about that.” “Well, your freedom to choose starts even before you have sex.”
According to Democratic senator Felicia Simone Robinson, “women’s health and their individual right to choose are being stolen,” according to remarks reported by the Associated Press.
An ongoing lawsuit related to the current 15-week restriction may have an impact on the outcome of the proposed six-week ban. Since a federal judge last week blocked the initial licensure of a commonly used abortion medicine, mifepristone, there has been a heated national debate in the US about abortion.
The Biden administration has stated that it will approach “the Supreme Court ” to reinstate full access to the medicine after that suspension was later overturned by an appellate court.
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