Florida governor signs 15-week abortion ban into law

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MIAMI - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a restriction the US Supreme Court could soon declare to be constitutional when it f

inishes reviewing a similar Mississippi ban this spring.

Women across the region travel hundreds of miles to end pregnancies in Florida because of stricter abortion laws in surrounding states."This will represent the most significant protections for life that have been enacted in this state in a generation," DeSantis said at a news conference before signing the Bill.

"Nobody should be forced to travel hundreds or even thousands of miles for essential health care - but in signing this Bill, Governor DeSantis will be forcing Floridians seeking abortion to do just that," Planned Parenthood Action Fund president Alexis McGill Johnson said in a statement.with the anticipation that the US Supreme Court will reinstate a 15-week abortion ban in Mississippi this spring.

 

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