Florida’s legislature passes 6 week abortion ban

The Florida State House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy .

Current state law allows abortion until 15 weeks of pregnancy.

The ban does contain exceptions for rape, incest, medical emergencies and “fatal fetal abnormalities.

The floor debate went on for more than 7 hours, and the measure passed with a vote of 70 yeas to 40 nays.

A recent poll from the University of North Florida had 75% of 1,452 respondents said they either somewhat or strongly opposed the six-week ban.

The bill will likely take effect 30 days after Florida’s Supreme Court issues a decision on the constitutionality of the 15-week ban that is already in effect.

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