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U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle’s decision invalidates much of a 2023 law and rules approved by state boards prohibiting children from accessing medical treatments for gender dysphoria, such ...
A Florida law restricting transition-related care for minors is unconstitutional, a judge ruled, and was also motivated by anti-transgender bias. Judge strikes down Florida's restrictions on ...
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 establish a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability (generally considered to be between 23 and 24 weeks gestational age ).
June 2020 — A bill requiring parental consent before minors can have an abortion was passed into law. Florida law at the time already required notifying parents if a minor planned to get an ...
v. t. e. The mature minor doctrine is a rule of law found in the United States and Canada accepting that an unemancipated minor patient may possess the maturity to choose or reject a particular health care treatment, sometimes without the knowledge or agreement of parents, and should be permitted to do so. [1]
Florida Senate Bill 254 (SB 254) is a law that prohibits gender-affirming care for anyone under the age of 18, places restrictions on adult patients accessing this care, and allows the state to take temporary custody of children who may be receiving gender-affirming care now or in the future. [1] In June 2024, a judge permanently blocked the ...
What is Florida's abortion law? Following the Florida Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of a 2022 15-week abortion ban in April, a more restrictive 6-week ban passed last year went ...
Florida's first abortion law was implemented in 1868, lasting until 1972; it stated: [6] [7] Abortion: Every person who shall administer to any woman pregnant with a quick child any medicine, drug or substance whatever, or shall use or employ any instrument or other means, with intent thereby to destroy such child, unless the same shall have been necessary to preserve the life of such mother ...