A 15-week abortion restriction was adopted last year by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature and Governor Ron DeSantis. The state now has major new limitations on abortion after lawmakers filed a bill on Tuesday to shorten the prohibition to six weeks.
On the first day of the 2023 legislative session, state senator Erin Grall, who has been a leading proponent of abortion restrictions in Florida, submitted the Senate measure, SB 300.
Jenna Persons-Mulicka, a state representative for a portion of Lee County, sponsored Bill 7 in the House. State Rep. Randy Fine who chairs the Health and Human Services Committee promised last year that he would support such a ban if he was re-elected.
According to the new law, “A physician may not knowingly induce a pregnancy or conduct an abortion if the doctor judges the fetus’ gestational age is greater than 6 weeks, unless one of the following requirements is met: