TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — More than 22,000 abortions were performed in Florida this year before a law took effect May 1 preventing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
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Newly posted data on the state Agency for Health Care Administration website showed a reported 22,409 abortions had been performed as of May 1.
That was up from 14,735 abortions a month earlier.
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Governor Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Legislature passed the six-week limit last year, and it took effect after the Florida Supreme Court ruled April 1 that a privacy clause in the state Constitution does not apply to abortion rights.
The six-week limit is expected to dramatically reduce the number of abortions performed in the state.
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Voters in November will decide whether to approve a ballot proposal that would enshrine abortion rights in the Constitution.
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