Florida’s Supreme Court issued two major rulings on abortion Monday upholding a ban that protects the lives of unborn persons, but also allowing Florida voters to decide this fall whether to enshrine abortion protections in the state constitution.
In dual decisions, the court ruled 6-1 a 15-week limit on abortions is constitutional.
That ruling also upholds a stricter law signed by the state legislature last year to protect unborn lives starting at 6 weeks while making exceptions for rape, incest, fetal anomalies, and medical emergencies.
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Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 15-week ban into law in 2022, but Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union, and others challenged the law arguing that the Florida Constitution’s unique privacy clause explicitly protected a right to abortion in the state and should remain in force.
Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief to the Florida Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, et al., v. State of Florida, et al., on behalf of the Frederick Douglass Foundation, the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Fiona Jackson Center for Pregnancy, and Issues4life Foundation,
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