Posted on 03/07/2022 6:21:25 PM PST by marshmallow
The 23-15 vote in the Florida State Senate was along party lines. The bill had passed the House in February.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida senate on Thursday passed HB 5, a bill introduced by State Rep. Erin Grall, which would ban abortions after 15 weeks gestation. The bill now awaits the governor’s signature.
The Florida Catholic bishops’ conference called the bill’s March 3 passage “an incremental, yet important, step.”
“While we continue to look forward to the day when the full protection of unborn life is recognized in law, we are encouraged that HB 5 further limits the grave harm that abortion inflicts upon women and children,” said Christie Arnold, associate for social concerns and respect life.
The 23-15 vote in the State Senate was along party lines. The bill had passed the House in February.
The bill would prohibit all abortions after 15 weeks, unless two doctors certify in writing that the abortion is necessary to save the pregnant woman's life or “avert a serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman other than a psychological condition.” The bill also includes an exception for the case of a fatal fetal abnormality.
Existing Florida law bars abortion after 24 weeks, when the child is deemed viable.
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I am eternally grateful that I am not one of those Democrats who will have to face the Judge one of these days.
I know in whom I have believed. And will never support the killing of babies.
This bill isn’t that great. Anyone can get the doc to write a note for this, that, and the other thing.
It’s better than nothing, though. Yay, Florida.
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