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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlorida's 6-week abortion ban set to take effect this week
A stricter abortion law is set to take effect in Florida on Wednesday dropping the states 15-week ban to a six-week ban and it will likely affect thousands of people seeking abortion care within the first month alone.
Florida has become a key abortion access point amid widespread restrictions that have taken hold in the region in the two years since the US Supreme Courts Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade. Its also one of the countrys most populous states.
Last year, 1 of every 3 abortions in the South and about 1 in every 12 nationwide happened in Florida, according to data from the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization focused on sexual and reproductive health that supports abortion rights. In 2023, there were about 7,000 abortions in Florida each month, and more than 9,000 people traveled from other states to get an abortion in Florida throughout the year, the data shows.
Many women dont know that theyre pregnant six weeks after their last menstrual period, and other states that have enacted laws with this early gestation limit saw significant cuts to abortion care. In Texas, the number of abortions provided within the formal health-care system dropped by about half after a six-week abortion ban took effect in 2021, and there were thousands more births than expected in the following year. In South Carolina, there was a 70% decrease in abortions just one month after the state enforced a six-week limit.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/29/health/florida-abortion-ban-takes-effect/index.html
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(4,319 posts)Couldn't our side USE this simple fact to at least buy a little time and win a little help for these women? It has now been PROVEN that ovulation occurs about 2 weeks AFTER the first day of the previous menstruation. So a woman IS NOT 6 weeks pregnant when the Anti-Choice people SAY she is! Couldn't our lawyers start lawsuits that use this simple fact to DEFEND women accused of having abortions beyond 6 weeks when they actually had the abortions BEFORE the ACTUAL 6 weeks after conception?