As Florida's 6-week abortion law begins, here are 7 things to know
Apr 30, 2024 · Florida's six-week abortion ban includes exceptions for some vulnerable communities and when a mother or fetus' life is in danger. Survivors of rape, incest or human trafficking can access abortions until 15 weeks of pregnancy under the new law.
Florida clarifies exceptions to 6-week abortion ban after it takes ...
May 2, 2024 · Washington — Florida health regulators issued a new rule Thursday clarifying exceptions to the state's six-week abortion ban, detailing the treatments allowed for certain medical conditions...
Florida Supreme Court allows 6-week abortion ban to take ... - NBC News
Apr 1, 2024 · The Florida Supreme Court paved the way for a 6-week abortion ban, while allowing an amendment that would enshrine abortion protections in the state constitution to appear on the November ballot.
Florida six-week abortion ban will soon become law, but voters …
Apr 1, 2024 · The Florida Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for the state’s six-week abortion ban to take effect, while allowing Floridians to decide in the fall whether to enshrine abortion...
Florida ban on abortions after 6 weeks takes effect - NBC News
May 1, 2024 · A ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy took effect in Florida on Wednesday. Before that, the state had been a refuge for abortion access in the South.
Six-week abortion ban takes effect in Florida : NPR
May 1, 2024 · TAMPA, Fla. — Starting today, people can no longer access legal abortions in Florida beyond six weeks of pregnancy, except in rare circumstances. The restriction replaces a 15-week ban that's...
Here are 7 things to know as Florida's six-week abortion law …
Apr 30, 2024 · Florida's six-week abortion ban includes exceptions for some vulnerable communities and when a mother or fetus' life is in danger. Survivors of rape, incest or human trafficking can access abortions until 15 weeks of pregnancy under the new law.
Florida's Legislature passes a 6-week abortion ban - NBC News
Apr 13, 2023 · TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s Republican-dominated Legislature passed a ban on most abortions after six weeks Thursday, sending the bill to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has said he would sign it.
Florida's top court ushers in six-week abortion ban, but voters …
Apr 1, 2024 · Florida's top court has paved the way for the state's six-week abortion ban to take effect, but is allowing voters to have their say on the issue. The justices have upheld the state's 15-week...
Six-Week Abortion Ban Takes Effect in Florida - The New York Times
May 1, 2024 · Florida’s Six-Week Abortion Ban Is Now Law, With Political Implications. The ban, which took effect on Wednesday, was part of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s push into cultural conservatism. But Florida...
Here's the current state of abortion rights in Florida | WUSF
Oct 30, 2023 · The Florida Supreme Court must decide whether to uphold a 15-week abortion ban signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Meanwhile, groups are trying to place a state constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights up to about 24 weeks of pregnancy on the 2024 ballot.
Florida abortion providers prepare as state’s 6-week ban draws closer | CNN
Apr 6, 2024 · In Florida, the state Supreme Court issued a ruling Monday that triggered a six-week abortion ban approved by state lawmakers last year. On May 1, it will replace the state’s current...
Florida’s 6-week abortion ban takes effect today - CNN
Apr 29, 2024 · A stricter abortion law that takes effect in Florida on Wednesday — dropping the state’s 15-week ban to a six-week ban — will likely affect thousands of people seeking abortion care within...
Amendment 4 in Florida is about abortion protections - NBC 6 South Florida
Sep 18, 2024 · Amendment 4 would make abortion under certain circumstances a state constitutional right and end the six-week ban on the procedure. Here, we break down Amendment 4, its impacts and what Florida...
Florida's 6-week abortion ban is now in effect. Here's how the law ...
May 1, 2024 · A strict new abortion law goes into effect Wednesday in Florida that prohibits women from undergoing the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy.
Amendment 4 and Florida abortion laws: What to know
Sep 16, 2024 · Florida law prohibits anyone from willfully performing or actively helping someone get an abortion outside of the six-week gestational period or the legal exemptions.
PolitiFact FL: Ad claims Florida's abortion law ... - Health News Florida
Sep 17, 2024 · Florida’s abortion ban, in place since May 1, is considered one of the country’s strictest. But it does include exceptions for the pregnant woman’s health, and for cases of rape and incest up to 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Florida Supreme Court rejects abortion information case
5 days ago · By News Service Of Florida. UPDATED: October 10, 2024 at 3:29 p.m. The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously rejected a petition filed by a Palm Beach County attorney alleging that top ...
Top Florida health regulator denies a license for a Pensacola abortion …
2 days ago · The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration on Friday denied a license for a new Pensacola abortion clinic, rejecting a recommendation by an administrative law judge who said the application should be approved. Agency Secretary Jason Weida signed a 49-page final order that cited a “pattern of deficient performance” at a now-closed ...
US abortion rates dipped after Florida’s 6-week ban took effect
Sep 12, 2024 · Monthly abortions in Florida were cut by more than 30% after a ban on procedures after six weeks of pregnancy was implemented in May, according to the report from the Guttmacher Institute, a...
DeSantis deploys government resources to fight Florida abortion ...
Sep 20, 2024 · TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida Republican leaders have repeatedly tapped into taxpayer-funded resources to fight a November ballot initiative that would overturn the...
How this year’s elections could affect abortion – NBC 6 South Florida
4 days ago · FILE – Arizona abortion-rights supporters gather for a news conference prior to delivering over 800,000 petition signatures to the capitol to get abortion rights on the November general election ...
Florida Pro-Abortion Amendment Poised to Fail
3 days ago · The Florida Supreme Court on April 1, 2024, paved the way for a ban on abortion after just six weeks of pregnancy as well as allowed Amendment 4, protecting abortion, to be on the ballot in the ...
Amendment 4: Limiting government interference with abortion …
2 days ago · Florida will join eleven other states that will place an amendment dealing with abortion on the ballot this November. For the past 50 years, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v Wade ...
Florida threatens to prosecute TV stations over abortion ad. FCC …
Florida abortion law at crux of dispute. Caroline, the woman featured in the ad, makes an emotional plea to viewers as she describes receiving her terminal brain cancer diagnosis two years ago ...
Police are questioning Florida voters about signing an abortion
Sep 10, 2024 · State police are showing up at Florida voters’ homes to question them about signing a petition to get an abortion rights amendment on the ballot in November, and a state health care agency has...
FCC chair slams Florida health agency for threatening TV stations …
6 days ago · TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (TNND) — Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on Tuesday decried the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) for threatening local TV stations over a political advertisement on abortion rights. The letter cited reporting by Florida Politics, which accused the agency of targeting four stations with cease …
Donald Trump's Local Newspaper Backs Abortion Rights …
2 days ago · Donald Trump at a campaign event in Aurora, Colorado, on October 11, 2024. The Palm Beach Post, based in Trump's home county, has come out in support of Florida's pro-abortion rights ballot ...
Trump rejects Florida abortion amendment after saying 'we need …
Donald Trump said on Friday he will vote against Florida's abortion rights ballot amendment after all, as he tries to stem the backlash from anti-abortion Republicans for having suggested...