The only exceptions taken into account by this new law are those of a “serious risk” for the health of the woman or a lethal anomaly of the fetus, but not in the event of rape or incest.
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One more US state that restricts the right to abortion. In Florida, women will no longer have the right to an abortion from 15 weeks of pregnancy according to the law promulgated Thursday April 14 by the Republican governor, Ron DeSantis. The text, adopted by the Florida Parliament with a Republican majority, will come into force on July 1. Initially, the legal threshold for abortion was 24 weeks of pregnancy.
The only exceptions taken into account by this new law are those of a “serious risk” for the health of the woman or a lethal anomaly of the fetus, but not in the case of rape or incest.
“We are here today to defend those who cannot defend themselves”said Ron DeSantis while signing the text during a rally of anti-abortion activists. “This represents the largest life protection measure enacted in this state in a generation.”he added.
“This abortion ban is an attack on our most fundamental freedoms: the right to dispose of our body, of our own future”, denounced in a press release Stephanie Fraim. This last chairs, for Southwest and Central Florida, the organization Planned Parenthood, which operates numerous abortion clinics throughout the United States.
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