Gov. Ron DeSantis Announces He Plans to Sign Florida Bill That Bans Abortion After 15 Weeks
By Space Coast Daily // March 4, 2022
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TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Friday that he intends to sign the bill recently passed by Florida lawmakers that bans abortion after 15 weeks.
Late Thursday evening, state senators voted 23-15 in favor of the legislation, which bans abortion if a doctor finds the gestational age of a fetus is more than 15 weeks.
“I think that protections are warranted, and I think that we’ll be able to sign that in short order,” said Gov. DeSantis during a news conference on Friday.
Exceptions will be allowed if the woman’s life is considered to be in danger or if the fetus is considered to have a “fatal fetal abnormality.”
The legislation is similar to the abortion law in Mississippi that the Supreme Court will be ruling on this summer.
