Florida Supreme Court Upholds Six Week Abortion Ban

Essence Magazine:

Mark Wallheiser / Stringer / Getty Images By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated April 2, 2024

The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a six-week abortion ban can take effect. The rulingallows “one of the country’s strictest and most far-reaching abortion bans to go into effect in 30 days.”

When Republican Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis, signed a 15-week abortion ban into law in 2022, it was almost immediately subject to a court challenge. The following

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