Florida Supreme Court Upholds 15-Week Abortion Ban, Approves Abortion Ballot Measure For November

The Florida Supreme Court on April 1 upheld the state’s 15-week abortion ban in a ruling that means a subsequently passed six-week ban can soon take effect. A six-week ban passed in the 2023 legislative session was written so that it would not take effect until a month after the 2022 law was upheld. But in a separate ruling on Monday, the court also approved an initiative that would enshrine abortion access in Florida’s state constitution, which will appear on the November ballot, meaning Floridians have an opportunity to undo the abortion ban. The “Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion” would make abortions before “fetal viability,” or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, a “constitutional right.”...