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Ruling makes Florida new epicentre in US abortion battle (www.bbc.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Florida's Supreme Court delivered two rulings on abortion on Monday, with competing consequences.

First, the court upheld the state's right to prohibit abortion, giving the green light for a six-week ban to take effect on 1 May.

The near-total ban will block almost all access in the US South, where Florida had been something of a haven for those seeking abortions, surrounded by states that had already implemented six-week or total bans on the procedure.

The ruling was applauded by national anti-abortion activists, many of whom see a six-week ban as the gold standard for abortion policy. The decision is a "victory for unborn children", said Katie Daniel, Florida policy director of Susan B Anthony Pro-Life America.

But in a 4-3 vote, the justices also approved a November ballot initiative that, if approved, would overturn the six-week ban and enshrine broad abortion access in the state's constitution.

The decisions have sharpened the glare of the political spotlight on the Sunshine State, and set up perhaps the highest stakes abortion fight since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in June 2022.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The people who want abortions but cannot get them during the 6-week period, making them ineligible later should it be overturned, should be able to sue for child support, paying 100% of the child.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A 6 week fetus is not a child

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It is in Alabama now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

-6 weeks even.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Leopards in Florida are starting to look at those GOP faces.

Trump only won Florida by 3.5% in 2020, and now he’s going to be running against legal abortion in Nov.