Republicans in the Florida House and Senate filed similar bills on Tuesday that would restrict abortion after six weeks of pregnancy — around the time when a baby’s heartbeat can first be detected.
“We’re for pro-life. I urge the legislature to work, produce good stuff, and we will sign,” DeSantis said during a news conference last month, adding that he is “willing to sign great life legislation.”The bills would ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy except to save the life of the mother, fatal fetal abnormality in a pregnancy that has not progressed to the third trimester, and in the case of rape or incest before 15 weeks of pregnancy.
The legislation states that only a physician may perform or induce an elective abortion. Physicians in Florida would also be barred from using telehealth to perform an abortion. The law would require that only physicians dispense abortion pills in person — abortion pills “may not be dispensed through the United States Postal Service or by any other courier or shipping service,” according to the bill’s text.
But besides narrowing the window for when women can get abortions, the bill would boost support for pregnancy centers across the state that provide pregnant women with much-needed resources. Under the bill, the Florida Department of Health would contract with Florida Pregnancy Care Network, Inc., a not-for-profit statewide alliance of pregnancy support organizations “that provide pregnancy support and wellness services through a comprehensive system of care to women and their families.
Any person who performs or actively participates in an abortion would be committing a third-degree felony under the law. Any person who performs or participates in an abortion that results in the death of the woman would be committing a second-degree felony under the law.
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