TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Courtroom on Monday upheld the state’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of being pregnant, which suggests a subsequently handed six-week ban can quickly take impact.
The court docket that was reshaped by former presidential candidate and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis dominated that the 15-week ban signed by DeSantis in 2022 can take impact. The ban has been enforced whereas it was being challenged in court docket. A six-week ban handed within the 2023 legislative session was written in order that it might not take impact till a month after the 2022 regulation was upheld.
Most abortions are obtained earlier than the 15-week mark, so the present ban doesn’t have an effect on most individuals in search of abortion. However a six-week ban would doubtless have a significant influence on ladies in search of abortions in Florida and all through the South.
DeSantis appointed 5 of the court docket’s seven justices.
The lawsuit was introduced by Deliberate Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union and others. They argued the Florida Structure’s distinctive privateness clause for greater than 40 years has explicitly protected a proper to abortion within the state and will stay in drive.
