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Voters will get to decide the future of abortion through a constitutional amendment that will be on the ballot in November. In the meantime, a six-week abortion limit is now scheduled to take effect in 30 days. The moves are part of two separate rulings from the Florida Supreme Court.
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The decision comes several months after the state's Attorney General Ashley Moody asked the Florida Supreme Court to strike down the measure.
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A state Supreme Court ruling upholding Florida's 15-week ban means a six-week ban can go into effect in 30 days. Advocates who help people access abortions say this will make it harder for patients around the Southeast to get care.
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Facing a Monday deadline, the court appears poised to issue rulings about whether proposed constitutional amendments will go on the November ballot.
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The law is intended to restart IVF treatments by shielding patients and providers from civil and criminal charges, but does not change the state Supreme Court's ruling that embryos are children.
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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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Florida pharmacies will not be allowed to carry or sell the drug due to state law stating that patients can only receive abortion medication from clinic physicians after performing two in-person visits.
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The bill would have added the term “unborn child” to the state’s wrongful death statute, allowing parents to sue if a wrongful act causes the loss of a pregnancy.
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The expansion of Catholic hospitals nationwide leaves patients at the mercy of the church’s religious directives, which are often at odds with accepted medical standards.
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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.