{"id":43649,"date":"2024-04-01T17:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T21:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=43649"},"modified":"2024-04-01T17:00:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T21:00:24","slug":"florida-supreme-court-allows-6-week-abortion-ban-to-take-effect-but-voters-will-have-the-final-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/04\/01\/florida-supreme-court-allows-6-week-abortion-ban-to-take-effect-but-voters-will-have-the-final-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Supreme Court allows 6-week abortion ban to take effect but voters will have the final say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a pair of significant decisions, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday to uphold a 15-week ban on abortion in the state, while also allowing a proposed amendment that would enshrine abortion protections in the state constitution to appear on the November ballot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The conservative-leaning court’s decision on the 15-week ban also means that a six-week abortion ban, with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother, that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law last year will take effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the bench’s ruling to allow the constitutional amendment to appear on the ballot this fall means voters will have a chance in just seven months to undo those restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans have made multiple moves over the nearly two years since the U.S Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade to restrict access to abortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed a 15-week abortion ban passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature that was almost immediately challenged in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, in April 2023, just weeks before he announced his presidential campaign, he signed a six-week ban, which was also immediately challenged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In reviewing the initial challenge to the 15-week ban, the state Supreme Court had said the six-week ban would remain blocked until the court ruled on the 15-week proposal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its ruling on the bans on Monday, the court\u2019s justices wrote in a majority opinion<\/a>, that, \u201cConsistent with longstanding principles of judicial deference to legislative enactments, we conclude there is no basis under the Privacy Clause to invalidate\u201d the 15-week statute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They added that Planned Parenthood, the plaintiff in the case, \u201ccannot overcome the presumption of constitutionality and is unable to demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that the 15-week ban is unconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the justices concluded, the \u201csix-week ban will take effect in thirty days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, their ruling on the proposed amendment will allow Florida voters to effectively decide whether to keep the six-week ban in effect<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In allowing the proposed amendment to appear in November, the justices embraced a straightforward interpretation of their responsibility under the law in approving ballot measures: Making sure the proposed language isn\u2019t confusing, unclear or misleading and making sure it doesn\u2019t cover more than one subject.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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