Friday, May 17, 2024

It's going to be an issue this November

 

I haven't seen much about this recently, but I know from the reaction at the time that there is going to be a massive campaign to get reasonable abortion rights in Florida, and it could put the state into play for the Presidency.  We shall see.

Florida Supreme Court allows one of nation’s strictest abortion bans to take effect

"The ruling reflects a major shift for the Florida Supreme Court, which has struck down several abortion restrictions over the past few decades. It has recently been reshaped by DeSantis into what many consider one of the most conservative courts in the country. Several judges who ruled to uphold the abortion ban have roots in the antiabortion movement.

One of those justices, Charles Canady, is a former Republican congressman who sponsored legislation to outlaw abortions later in pregnancy. His wife, state Rep. Jennifer Canady (R), co-sponsored the six-week abortion ban.

Even if voters decide to add abortion protections to the constitution in November, the battle for abortion rights in Florida could be far from over, said Mary Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California at Davis who specializes in abortion.

In the ruling on the amendment, Ziegler noted, the justices emphasized that any new constitutional protections for abortion could conflict with “personhood rights as applied to the unborn child.”
I need to point out here that this was recently a problem in Alabama. Like I said, we shall see.

Go, Florida, go!




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