Ron DeSantis signed legislation banning most abortions after 15 weeks, despite polls last year showing a majority of Floridians opposed reducing the cut-off.
But it’s DeSantis who effectively calls the shots in the Florida Legislature, where Republicans hold supermajorities in the House and Senate.
House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, sidestepped when asked Thursday about why no legislation has yet emerged on a topic clearly anticipated to be central to this year’s session, which begins in March.He added, “We have a pro-life majority, some of that, when you break that down, some people want to be where we are, some people want to be much more in the direction of life, and in between.
The 15-week law is being challenged in state court by Planned Parenthood groups and other health care providers, but it’s currently in effect. Leon County Circuit Court Judge John Cooper ruled the new law unconstitutional last year, concluding that it violated the privacy right embedded in the state constitution.
The privacy right, added to the constitution by Florida voters in 1980, has played a central role in blocking a host of abortion restrictions advanced by lawmakers since then. But Florida under DeSantis is expected to ask the state Supreme Court to reinterpret whether the right still applies to abortion access.DeSantis has cited uncertainty surrounding the future of the 15-week law to duck questions about what he plans to do going forward.
A fetus is considered capable of thumb-sucking at 12 weeks, but is not fully formed at 15 weeks. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists further says that research has established that a human fetus does not experience pain until after at least 24-25 weeks.
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