Florida abortion providers brace for six-week ban: \u2018Where are these 80,000 patients gonna go?\u2019<\/p>\n
On Monday, the Florida state supreme court upheld a 15-week abortion ban, a move that removed the barriers for a separate, six-week ban that takes effect on 1 May. In a separate ruling, the court also agreed to let Florida residents weigh in on the issue through a November ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution \u2013 a decision that opens a new front in an election that is already sure to be dominated by abortion politics.<\/p>\n
Read more at The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n Florida Supreme Court approves abortion restriction \u2014 and ballot measure that would overturn it<\/p>\n The court\u2019s ruling on the 15-week law hinged on a decision to reconsider how the state Constitution\u2019s privacy protections, which since 1989 have included the right to abortion. Citing the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, the court\u2019s conservative majority held that logic no longer applied.<\/p>\n Read more at 19th News<\/p>\n Florida Supreme Court allows 6-week abortion ban to take effect, but voters will have the final say<\/p>\n Allowing the measure to appear in November could also have political consequences: Putting the decision to expand access to abortion in the hands of voters could help drive turnout in Florida among Democrats, as well as independents and Republicans who strongly support reproductive rights. That could boost the prospects of Democrats up and down the ballot in the state, where key races for president and the U.S. Senate this year are likely to be closely decided.<\/p>\n Read more at NBC News<\/p>\n Florida Supreme Court upholds strict abortion bans while giving voters a say in November<\/p>\n More broadly, anti-abortion groups have in the last two years deployed a wide range of tactics to keep abortion-rights proposals off the ballot, including pushing bills in statehouses that would make it harder to pass constitutional amendments, working with GOP attorneys general and secretaries of state to stymie the initiative process, and challenging the measures in court.<\/p>\n Read more at Politico<\/a><\/p>\n Florida Supreme Court hands down two key abortion decisions<\/p>\n \u201cThis is about to create an unprecedented public health crisis in the state of Florida. This is the largest single loss of care that we\u2019ve seen since the overturn of Roe v. Wade, and we can\u2019t fully understand what the impact will be,\u201d said Lauren Brenzel, campaign director for the Yes on 4 initiative.<\/p>\n Virginia is now the only state in the South that allows abortion beyond the first trimester.<\/p>\n Read more at The Hill<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Florida abortion providers brace for six-week ban: \u2018Where are these 80,000 patients gonna go?\u2019 On Monday, the Florida state supreme court upheld a 15-week abortion ban, a move that removed the barriers for a separate, six-week ban that takes effect on 1 May. In a separate ruling, the court also agreed to let Florida residents … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[231,164,263,168,214,27,307,308],"class_list":["post-2097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-15-week-bans","tag-6-week-bans","tag-abortion-ban-exceptions","tag-anti-abortion-judges","tag-ballot-initiatives","tag-florida","tag-right-to-privacy","tag-state-constitution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2098,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097\/revisions\/2098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}