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The Florida Supreme Court’s ruling to allow a six-week abortion ban — and a second decision that would add a proposed constitutional amendment to the ballot in November overturning the ban — could pose political risks for GOP anti-abortion lawmakers, with control of the House at stake.
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A Miami-Dade doctor and central Florida woman testified before a committee of top Democratic members of Congress in Fort Lauderdale during a hearing about “the escalating threat to reproductive freedom.”
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The hearing, to be held in Broward County, comes a day after Florida’s Supreme Court cleared the way for the state to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
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Range of reactions to Florida Supreme Court upholding 15-week abortion ban, ballot language approvalReactions to the Florida Supreme Court’s rulings included a range of opinion, from anti-abortion activists to pro-choice groups, from around the state.
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While one amendment seeks to ensure abortion rights, the other would allow adults 21 or older to use recreational marijuana in the state.
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Support for Republicans and former President Donald Trump has been building over the last eight years in majority-Hispanic Miami-Dade County and in Florida, but Democrats believe they have found a winning issue in supporting abortion access.
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Fetal personhood made headlines recently when the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos are "extrauterine children." The ruling raised questions across the country about fetal personhood.
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Republican lawmakers in Florida sidelined a bill during the 2024 Legislative Session that would allow civil lawsuits over the wrongful death of a fetus.
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Roughly 2,000 more people got abortions in Florida last year than the previous year, according to the latest state data. Out-of-state residents once again fueled the spike.
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Justices will determine whether voters will get the opportunity to decide constitutional limits on abortion in the state.
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Harris’ statistic is close even when counting just the populations of states with abortion bans at six weeks or less. When adding in states that ban abortion after 12 or 15 weeks of pregnancy, the number of affected women grows to about 40%.
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The bill would allow parents to sue for damages in the death of a fetus. Though bill sponsors say it's not abortion-related, attempts to make that clear in the text have so far failed.