Tue Jan 24, 2023 – 2:05 pm ESTTue Jan 24, 2023 – 2:21 pm EST
TALLAHASSEE (LifeSiteNews) – The Florida Supreme Court ruled 4-1 Monday that a state law banning abortion at 15 weeks will remain in force at least until a final verdict on the merits of the case is determined, in what the office of Republican1Gov. Ron DeSantis has identified as a key step toward further pro-life action in the Sunshine State.
Last April, DeSantis signed into law HB 5, which forbids the killing of 15-week-old preborn babies except to save the life of a mother or in cases of fatal fetal abnormality (but not rape or incest), and expands committees tasked with reviewing infant mortality cases.
Abortion defenders sued to block the law from taking effect, citing language in the Florida Constitution recognizing a right to “privacy.” While the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last June, eliminating the federal judicial barrier to banning abortion, it did not resolve cases rooted in claims about state constitutions.
A lower court injunction against enforcing HB 5 was stayed in July, and now the state’s highest court rejected an abortion-industry motion to restore the injunction,
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