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by Michael Moline, Florida Phoenix A state trial judge said Thursday that he will block Florida’s new 15-week abortion ban, concluding it violates the privacy clause voters placed in the Florida Constitution in 1980. “I’m finding that the statute … is unconstitutional in that it violates the privacy provision of …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis held a news conference in Osceola County on Thursday, where he signed Florida’s bill that bans abortions after 15 weeks into law. The new law, which goes into effect July 1, significantly reduces access to late-term abortions in the southeast — North Carolina will become the only southern state to permit …

Florida lawmakers voted on Thursday to ban most abortions after 15 weeks, a move that will severely restrict access to the procedure for women in that state. The bill — modeled after a similar abortion ban in Mississippi that the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on this summer — …

Shefali Luthra Originally published by The 19th Three states are poised to pass laws banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy — a limit not currently allowed under Roe v. Wade but one that could soon become legal if the landmark Supreme Court case is weakened or overturned, which is …

On Tuesday, lawmakers in Florida introduced two bills that would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which is before most women even know they are pregnant. One bill, HB5, was filed in the House by Republican Erin Grall and another, SB 146, was filed in the Senate by Republican Kelli Stargel. …