Wed Aug 16, 2023 – 11:34 am EDT
ORLANDO, Florida (LifeSiteNews) — A Florida abortion facility could go bankrupt after being caught breaking the state’s 24-hour-waiting period law 193 times.
The August 14 order gave the facility 30 days to pay up an amount that may bankrupt them or force their closure.
The Center of Orlando for Women’s attorney has previously filed a document with the state health agency, which administers the final penalty, and stated the $193,000 fine “would likely force the clinic into bankruptcy or closure,” according to CBS News.
The state’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has moved quickly to enforce the law, which requires women to wait 24 hours after meeting with an abortionist to have an abortion. The law passed in 2015 but was stuck in the court system until 2022.
An administrative law judge initially asked for a fine of $67,550.
“In the Orlando clinic’s case, the agency alleged that 193 abortions were performed at the facility from April 26, 2022, to May 7, 2022, without 24-hour waiting periods,” CBS News reported. “State law allows the agency to collect a maximum of $1,000 for each violation of the law.”
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