abortions

A state brief says the ballot summary of a proposed constitutional amendment is part of an “overall design to lay ticking time bombs" by abortion proponents intended to "hoodwink" voters.

Laura Goodhue, with the Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates, and Tampa Bay Times reporter Romy Ellenbogen speak about the issue on "The Florida Roundup."

The report found that the numbers fell to nearly zero in states with bans. But it found the numbers surged elsewhere, particularly in the states near those with bans — like Florida.

The justices rejected a lower court ruling that the state's restrictive abortion law was invalid because it was enacted in 2019, when a woman’s right to later abortions was still law under Roe v. Wade.

The political committee Floridians Protecting Freedom must submit at least 891,523 valid petition signatures to get an amendment aimed at ensuring abortion rights on the 2024 ballot.

Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book says that while the governor has stated women would not be charged under a new six-week abortion ban, "we’re not just going to take his word for it, we’re fighting to ensure it."

The state cites the 11th Circuit appellate panel's decision in a "virtually identical case" in asking the court to allow a law preventing minors from receiving puberty blockers and hormone therapy.

Several justices questioned whether the court should give deference to the Legislature on abortion, particularly since the word does not appear specifically in the privacy clause and debate at the time it was enacted is inconclusive.

The 600,000 signatures garnered so far means the proposal can go before the Florida Supreme Court for review.

The high court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion, in a ruling that will require the nation's public health service to offer the procedure to anyone who requests it.