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In another, issued Monday as well, the court also cleared the way for abortion access, Amendment 4, to appear on the November ballot. Constitutional amendments require 60% approval to pass.
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida had challenged the 15-week ban as a violation of a privacy amendment that voters added to the Florida Constitution in 1980. The move triggers an ...
On April 1, 2024, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the privacy provision of the state’s constitution does not protect access to abortion, upholding the state’s 15-week abortion ban and ...
HB 5 was upheld by the Florida Supreme Court, on April 1, 2024, allowing the 15-week abortion ban to remain in effect, and the 6-week abortion ban to take effect 30 days after the ruling. The Florida Supreme Court also overturned its precedent, that ruled that Article 1, Section 23 of the Florida Constitution protected a woman's right to an ...
Voters will have a choice in November: keep the new six-week ban or approve a proposed constitutional amendment that would guarantee abortion access before “fetal viability.”
Opening arguments kicked off Wednesday at the Florida Supreme Court in a case over whether a proposed amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution can appear on the ...
Proponents and opponents are also waiting for the justices to separately decide whether a 15-week abortion ban imposed in 2022 is constitutional. If that ban is upheld, it would trigger ...
Abortion is illegal in Sri Lanka except when it is needed to save the life of the pregnant mother. [1] [2] It is punishable by up to three years imprisonment. [3] Attempts to liberalize abortion law in 1995, 2011, and 2013 were unsuccessful. [3] One 1998 UN report estimated an abortion rate of 45 for every 1,000 women of reproductive age. [3]