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Republicans introduce bill to ban abortion in Florida, including cases of rape, and puts in Texas Bounty Hunter abortion provisions. Bill also states that a person exists at moment of fertilization: impacting artificial insemination, birth control, Plan B and potentially criminalizes miscarriage.
Republican bill would ban nearly all abortions in Florida
On the eve of the opening of the Florida legislative session, a Republican lawmaker filed a bill that essentially bans all abortions in Florida. Miami-Dade County Rep. David Borrero’s proposed bill (HB 1519), filed Monday, states that “a person or an entity may not purposely perform or attempt...
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Republican bill would ban nearly all abortions in Florida
On the eve of the opening of the Florida legislative session, a Republican lawmaker filed a bill that essentially bans all abortions in Florida. Miami-Dade County Rep. David Borrero’s proposed bill (HB 1519), filed Monday, states that “a person or an entity may not purposely perform or attempt...
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Republican bill would ban nearly all abortions in Florida
On the eve of the opening of the Florida legislative session, a Republican lawmaker filed a bill that essentially bans all abortions in Florida.
Miami-Dade County Rep. David Borrero’s proposed bill (HB 1519), filed Monday, states that “a person or an entity may not purposely perform or attempt to perform an abortion except to save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency.” The proposed bill says “a person exists from the moment of fertilization.”
Borrero, of Sweetwater, wants the law to go into effect instead of the six-week ban approved in 2023. That law is pending the outcome of a Florida Supreme Court decision over whether the right to privacy enshrined in State Constitution includes a right to abortion.
His proposal includes penalties for physicians who perform abortions. It says “performing or attempting to perform an abortion” would be a third-degree felony, subject to as much as 10 years in prison or with a fine of up to $100,000, “or both.” The mothers would not be charged with a crime for obtaining an abortion.
The proposed bill to virtually ban all abortions defines the exception for a medical emergency as “an emergent physical condition in which an abortion is necessary to preserve the life of a pregnant woman whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.” The proposal also states that a physician may perform an abortion on a minor only to save the life of the pregnant minor in a medical emergency.
At this time, Florida bans most abortions after 15 weeks with no exceptions for rape or incest as the result of a law passed in the 2022 legislative session. Women from nearby states with more restrictive bans travel to Florida for abortion access.