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Florida Top Court Ushers In Near-Total Ban On Abortion
The Independent
|April 02, 2024
Abortion rights will be on the ballot in Florida this November, the state’s Supreme Court said in a highly anticipated ruling yesterday.
Just hours before the 1 April deadline, the panel of seven justices – all appointed by governor Ron DeSantis – said that a proposed constitutional amendment to protect abortion should be put to voters this November.
At the same time, however, the judges overturned more than three decades of precedent to uphold the ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which was signed into law by governor Ron DeSantis in 2022.
That will mean a more restrictive law signed last year, which bans nearly all abortions after six weeks, will now go into effect – until and unless voters choose to overturn it.
In addition to the abortion vote, Florida voters will also cast their ballot against or for removing criminal and civil penalties for those 21 years or older who use marijuana.
This story is from the April 02, 2024 edition of The Independent.
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