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FLORIDA'S SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN TAKES EFFECT

By Kellie Cowan
Published  May 1, 2024 10:32am EDT
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FLORIDA'S SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN TAKES EFFECT

The state's new abortion restrictions are now in effect, with Vice President
Kamala Harris campaigning against the law in Florida on Wednesday.

TAMPA, Fla. - Florida’s law restricting abortion after six weeks of pregnancy
officially goes into effect on Wednesday, replacing the state’s 15-week abortion
ban. 

Earlier this month, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that a privacy clause in the
state Constitution does not protect abortion rights. That overturned legal
precedents dating to 1989 and effectively gave the go-ahead to the six-week
limit.





READ: President Joe Biden hopes to boost reelection odds, slams Florida’s 6-week
abortion ban during Tampa visit

Critics of the law maintain that the six-week restriction amounts to a virtual
ban on abortions.



The six-week window in which a woman in Florida may seek an abortion begins on
the date of a woman’s last period, typically weeks before she can even get
pregnant. Many critics argue many women won’t know they’re pregnant by the
six-week deadline, as defined in the law.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT FLORIDA'S 6-WEEK ABORTION BAN

Florida's new six-week abortion ban goes into effect, starting Wednesday. Here's
everything you need to know.

The ban does have exceptions for documented cases of rape, incest, and human
trafficking up to 15 weeks of pregnancy.

READ: Florida Supreme Court approves abortion, marijuana amendments for November
ballot

An abortion can also be provided in cases of a 'fatal fetal abnormality,' when a
woman’s life is at stake, or if she faces ‘substantial and irreversible"
physical impairments.’

According to many critics, the terms used by the law are not consistent with
medical terminology and leave decisions in dangerous scenarios up to the
interpretation of lawyers, not doctors.

"There is not technically a good definition for fatal fetal anomaly or
abnormality, which is what makes the law and this exception very vague," said
Planned Parenthood Dr. Robyn Schickler. "It makes it hard to know what
qualifies."


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The vagaries of the law are what concern fertility doctors like Dr. Leah
Roberts, a reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist in Boca Raton.

"Unfortunately, these laws are being written by people who don't really
understand medical care, and so they're affecting a larger swath of the
population than what they're meant to be affecting. So we're seeing patients who
have highly desired pregnancies that are incompatible with life, that are unable
to access the care they need," said Roberts. 

As Roberts recently explained to the Associated Press, healthcare workers under
Florida’s six-week ban are prevented from performing an abortion on a nonviable
pregnancy that they know will eventually become deadly, until it actually
becomes deadly.

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"We're being told that we have to wait until the mother is septic to be able to
intervene, and these procedures just can be taken care of so simply. And if a
woman gets septic from an incomplete abortion, it can affect their ability to
have children in the future. So, it can make them completely infertile. It can
make them need a hysterectomy," said Roberts.

Some supporters of Florida’s new six-week abortion law say they hope to see
lawmakers push even further for an outright ban on abortion. 

"The ultimate goal should be enshrining personhood for the unborn into
constitutions, whether that is state constitutions or whether that's federal
constitutions. That should be the ultimate aim," said Scott Mathurin of Florida
Preborn Rescue. 

Mathurin says exceptions, even in cases of rape and incest, violate the rights
of the unborn. 

"When you talk about rape and incest, you're talking about crimes, and so we are
in favor of punishing those that commit crimes. The person that perpetrates rape
or perpetrates incest should be punished, not the child that’s the product of
that in that situation," explained Mathurin.

Community Pregnancy Clinics -- a pregnancy resource organization with locations
in Sarasota, Naples, Fort Myers, and Gainesville -- also supports abortion
restrictions, sharing the following statement with FOX 13:

"Community Pregnancy Clinics continues to remain focused, as we have for the
past fifty years, on its mission to provide care, compassion and choices to
women experiencing an unintended pregnancy," CEO Scott Baier said. "Our focus is
making sure women’s health is protected, and that they have access to all the
information they need to make the best choice for themselves and their baby.  We
are here to provide medical services while making sure she is aware of all her
options and that she has the support she needs to make her decision.  Abortion
is a permanent decision, with lasting consequences and no woman should be
coerced, pressured or rushed to obtain an abortion out of fear or because of a
lack of knowledge of the resources available to her."

Florida’s new six-week limit means women seeking an abortion now must travel
hundreds of miles for the procedure. North Carolina allows abortions up to 12
weeks of pregnancy and Virginia uses the viability standard that Florida
lawmakers eschewed after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.

Planned Parenthood of Florida says it’s already begun referring patients who
were unable to see their doctors before Florida’s new law took effect to clinics
in other states.

Abortion will be one of the biggest issues in this year’s elections, especially
in Florida where the restoration of abortion rights will appear on the ballot.

That’s the reason Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Jacksonville on
Wednesday, to advocate for abortion rights as the six-week limit begins.




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