The Republican governor said he is proud to be 'pro-life.'
This bill prohibits physicians from knowingly performing or inducing a termination of pregnancy after the gestational age of the fetus is determined to be more than 6 weeks, with exceptions for rape or incest.DeSantis said the exceptions in this bill are"sensible" and that he"welcomes pro-life legislation.
"Once again, extremists are trying to force through a dangerous abortion ban that will put Floridians' lives and health at risk," Autumn Katz, Interim Director of Litigation at the Center for Reproductive Rights, toldin a statement."It is clear under decades of Florida precedent that these bans violate the Florida Constitution and Floridians' fundamental rights—not to mention the values held by a majority of people in the state who support access to abortion.
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