The fines arose from a 2015 law that mandated patients wait 24 hours between getting an initial consultation for an abortion and undergoing the procedure. Litigation put that law on ice for seven years, but in April last year, a judge agreed to let it take effect. A few weeks later, that judge issued a court order confirming that the 24-hour waiting period was now law.
There was one problem with that order, according to Julie Gallagher, an attorney for the Center of Orlando for Women: : no one told the center about it.
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