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In Tallahassee, Florida in March and April 2023, several abortion rights protests were held at the Florida State Capitol in opposition to the proposed six-week abortion ban. [86] [87] On April 3, 13 abortion rights protesters including two state senators were arrested following a peaceful protest outside City Hall. [88]
With Florida's ban on abortions after six weeks set to take effect, clinics in North Carolina and Virginia say they are gearing up for a surge in patients. ... Around 84,000 abortions were ...
The Florida Legislature outlawed abortion after 15 weeks in 2022, and the court declined to stay that law as challenges to it made their way through the Florida legal system. In 2023, the Florida Legislature passed a "heartbeat bill" banning abortion at 6 weeks, but the law had a trigger provision, preventing it from going into effect unless ...
As of Wednesday, May 1, most abortions in Florida after six weeks will be illegal. The state's previous 15-week ban passed in 2022 went into effect a month ago, when the state Supreme Court ...
The Heartbeat Protection Act (SB 300) is a Florida state law passed in 2023 that criminalizes abortion after 6 weeks' gestation. [1] The law went into effect May 1, 2024 after passing in 2023. Under Florida’s current abortion ban, it is nearly impossible for most women to access an abortion.
As more Southern states pass new restrictions on abortion, Virginia is poised to become an outlier in the region for its relatively permissive laws, setting up the state as a destination for women ...
Abortion in the U.S. state of Virginia is legal up to the end of the second trimester of a pregnancy. [1] Before the year 1900, abortion remained largely illegal in Virginia, reflecting a widespread trend in many U.S. states during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Abortion was viewed as a criminal act and subject to state laws that prohibited it.
The move triggers an even stricter 6-week ban, called a "heartbeat law," that was passed by lawmakers in 2023. Read the Supreme Court ruling on abortion This is a developing story.