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 finishes reviewing a similar Mississippi ban this spring.
The new measure makes exceptions to the 15-week restriction only in cases when the mother is at risk of death or"irreversible physical impairment," or if the fetus has a fatal abnormality. Republican state senators defeated an amendment that would have made exceptions for rape, incest and human trafficking.
Republican-led states are rapidly passing anti-abortion legislation in 2022, with the anticipation that the US Supreme Court will reinstate a 15-week abortion ban in Mississippi this spring. The court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, expressed openness to Mississippi's case during oral arguments in December.
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