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Demovictory9

(32,482 posts)
Fri Nov 11, 2022, 03:16 PM Nov 2022

Florida legislature prepares to reduce abortion rights

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article268575212.html

Supercharged by a super-majority in the House and Senate, Florida legislative leaders broke their silence Wednesday and confirmed they are prepared to discuss further abortion restrictions in Florida in the next year. But how far they will go is the big question, and interviews with the presiding officers indicate they already appear to be taking different approaches.

Incoming Senate President Kathleen Passidomo told the Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times in an interview that she wants to see the 15-week ban approved last year by lawmakers reduced to 12 weeks with the addition of an exclusion for rape and incest, which is currently not allowed.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article268575212.html#storylink=cpy
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Florida legislature prepares to reduce abortion rights (Original Post) Demovictory9 Nov 2022 OP
Should have an interesting impact on DeSantis' presidential campaign Raven123 Nov 2022 #1
So, cut it back three weeks, wth? Diamond_Dog Nov 2022 #2
Ugh... sakabatou Nov 2022 #3
They're just waiting for the FL Supreme Court to remove any remaining constitutional protections In It to Win It Nov 2022 #4

Diamond_Dog

(32,113 posts)
2. So, cut it back three weeks, wth?
Fri Nov 11, 2022, 03:23 PM
Nov 2022

These people are just playing with numbers and have no idea of what they’re legislating.

In It to Win It

(8,294 posts)
4. They're just waiting for the FL Supreme Court to remove any remaining constitutional protections
Fri Nov 11, 2022, 03:25 PM
Nov 2022


...and we just re-elected 4 supreme court justices who are hostile to abortion rights.
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