Florida Supreme Court allows one of nation's strictest abortion bans to take effect
Briefly

The abortion ban ruling significantly narrows the scope of a provision in the Florida Constitution that protects the right to privacy, added by voters in 1980...
While the case centered on the constitutionality of the state's existing 15-week ban, the court's ruling will also trigger a far stricter law passed this spring that will outlaw abortion after six weeks of pregnancy...
The six-week ban in Florida - which includes exceptions for rape, incest, fatal fetal anomalies and medical emergencies - will all but eliminate abortion access...
The parallel rulings offer a snapshot into the conflicting political forces in Florida and across the nation since the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022...
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