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Florida's first abortion law was implemented in 1868, lasting until 1972; it stated: [8] [9] 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 ...
The state projected that Amendment 4 would lead to lawsuits that could cost the state money. It also warned that the state could be required to pay costs of abortion. Amendment 4, however, does ...
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 ...
(Reuters) -Clergy members of five religions sued the state of Florida on Monday over a new law criminalizing most abortions in the state after 15 weeks of pregnancy, saying the ban violates their ...
Conscience clauses are legal clauses attached to laws in some parts of the United States and other countries which permit pharmacists, physicians, and/or other providers of health care not to provide certain medical services for reasons of religion or conscience. It can also involve parents withholding consenting for particular treatments for ...
The state has not yet charged a doctor for providing an abortion, but that doesn’t mean much to Dr. Alexandra Levy, who says ambiguity in the laws and current legislation in other states that ...
Under a law signed by DeSantis, abortions are banned after six weeks of pregnancy in the state. For decades before the fall of Roe, fetal viability was the standard for the state’s abortion law.
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.