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Abortion in Florida is generally illegal [1] after six weeks from the woman's last menstrual period, when many women do not yet know they are pregnant. [2] This law came into effect in May 2024, being approved by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis following its passage in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate, [3] with only Republican state legislators supporting and only ...
Such measures have included allowing providers to prescribe abortion pills, the most common abortion method, via telehealth. Officials in California, New Mexico, Oregon and other states have used taxpayer money to increase abortion access. Florida recorded more than 84,000 abortions in 2023, a slight increase from 2022. As of April 1, the state ...
Florida Amendment 4 is a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution that will be subject to a referendum on November 5, 2024. [1] The amendment would preempt the Florida Legislature from restricting abortion before fetal viability (generally considered to be between 23 and 24 weeks gestational age) and nullify existing statutes such as the Heartbeat Protection Act that currently do so.
On May 1, a six-week abortion ban became the law in Florida under a State Supreme Court ruling that underscores just how out of touch the state’s extremist, conservative jurists and politicians ...
Wade (1973) Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U.S. 215 (2022), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the court held that the Constitution of the United States does not confer a right to abortion. The court's decision overruled both Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v.
April 2024 — On April 1, the Florida Supreme Court decides to uphold Florida’s 15-week abortion ban, paving the way for the state’s six-week ban to go into effect May 1. The court also rules ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When Florida enacted its six-week abortion ban last week, clinics in several other Southern and mid-Atlantic states sprang into action, knowing women would look to them for ...
In the aftermath of the Dobbs ruling, state legislation and court rulings determine most aspects of abortion access in the United States. The following sections outline the current status of abortion law in the various states and territories; references to weeks refer to the number of weeks since the pregnant individual's last menstrual period, or LMP, which is typically used as a measure of ...