abortions

Of Florida's 40,499 abortions reported this year as of Aug. 1, 37,551 were in the first trimester of pregnancy, 2,945 were in the second trimester and three were in the final trimester, state data show.

Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment filed an argument over whether Florida's Senate president and House speaker had the authority to direct a state panel to revise the statement.

One of the states where abortions increased was Florida. That changed in April, when a ban after six weeks' gestation took effect. The data doesn't yet reflect that change.

Anti-abortion advocates want to open more of these transitional housing facilities to meet a growing need. But they also must overcome a traumatic legacy of coerced adoptions in the decades before Roe.

Study authors acknowledged that the increase of less than a percentage point is small. But the data suggests that it could number in the hundreds of thousands of women.

The court issued orders that said it has “expedited” proceedings in the cases, which involve a battle between Floridians Protecting Freedom and state officials related to Amendment 4.

Floridians Protecting Freedom contends the House speaker and Senate president did not have the authority to direct a panel to revise the statement after a circuit judge rejected an earlier version.

The three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal, however, raised the possibility that Floridians Protecting Freedom could launch a new legal challenge to a revised statement.

The dispute about the abortion impact statement come amid a fierce — and growing — political battle which seeks to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.

A new poll finds that a solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban and that a rising number appear to support access to abortions for any reason.