Florida’s state Supreme Court on Monday denied Planned Parenthood’s emergency motion to block the state’s 15-week abortion ban.
“As [Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis] said, we are better when everybody counts,” the governor’s press secretary, Bryan Griffin, said in a statement Tuesday, adding:
The Florida Supreme Court denied both of Planned Parenthood’s emergency motions asking the court to block Florida’s law from taking effect. The court also accepted jurisdiction of the case and set a briefing schedule. From here, we will continue to defend our pro-life protections.
House Bill 5, which took effect on July 1, bans abortion after 15 weeks of gestation. It allows exceptions when the mother’s life is at risk or in danger of “irreversible physical impairment,” or if the baby has a fetal abnormality, but does not offer exceptions for rape or incest.
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