Florida Supreme Court allows one of nation’s strictest abortion bans to take effect
Posted on AllSides April 1st, 2024
From The Left
Florida’s conservative Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state’s constitution does not protect abortion rights, allowing one of the country’s strictest and most far-reaching abortion bans to take effect in 30 days. But in a separate decision, the high court also ruled that an amendment to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution can go on the November ballot, for a vote that could potentially undo the new strict abortion ban in a matter of months. While the case centered on the constitutionality of the state’s existing 15-week ban, which...
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