Florida legislators approve reducing the term for an abortion from 15 to six weeks

legislators of Florida approved this Thursday a bill to reduce from 15 to six weeks the term for abort in the state, an initiative supported by the governor Ron DeSantisone of the favorites to lead the republicans to the White House in 2024.

The text was approved by the Low camera with 70 votes in favor and 40 against — a week after advancing in the Senate — and will be sent to DeSantis’ office for his signature.

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It is the second time in a year that the two chambers of Florida, with a Republican majority, vote on a bill to cut the legal term for abortion. In April 2022, DeSantis signed a law that reduced it from 24 weeks to 15, with no exceptions for rape or incest.

The governor, a rising star of the Republicans after pushing a very conservative agenda, took this initiative anticipating the annulment by the United States Supreme Court of the federal right to abortionsomething that ended up happening in June 2022.

The new bill establishes that women will not be able to have an abortion in Florida after six weeks of pregnancy, unless the fetus is not viable, the pregnancy endangers the mother, or is the result of rape or incest and do not exceed 15 weeks.

Even if DeSantis signs the text, something that is taken for granted, it will not enter into force while the Florida Supreme Court does not rule on an appeal filed by various associations against the 15-week limit, arguing that this law violates a clause of state privacy.

The defenders of the new term assure that it is necessary to protect the lives of innocent beings.

Opposition Democrats and pro-abortion activists say the state should not meddle in a personal decision and that imposing a six-week deadline is tantamount to banning the practice, as many women ignore their pregnancy until later.

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“I don’t need any laws to determine how my body will be used. I decide if and when I am pregnant”, declared the Democratic congresswoman Jennifer Harris during the discussion at the House of Representatives.

According to an NGO survey Public Religion Research Institute64% of Floridians believe that abortion should be allowed in all or most cases.

Despite the 15-week limit, Florida remains one of the most permissive places to get an abortion in the Southeast USAprompting numerous pregnant women to travel there from neighboring states to terminate their pregnancies in recent months.

Source: Elcomercio

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