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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlorida legislature prepares to reduce abortion rights
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article268575212.htmlSupercharged by a super-majority in the House and Senate, Florida legislative leaders broke their silence Wednesday and confirmed they are prepared to discuss further abortion restrictions in Florida in the next year. But how far they will go is the big question, and interviews with the presiding officers indicate they already appear to be taking different approaches.
Incoming Senate President Kathleen Passidomo told the Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times in an interview that she wants to see the 15-week ban approved last year by lawmakers reduced to 12 weeks with the addition of an exclusion for rape and incest, which is currently not allowed.
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Florida legislature prepares to reduce abortion rights (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Nov 2022
OP
They're just waiting for the FL Supreme Court to remove any remaining constitutional protections
In It to Win It
Nov 2022
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Raven123
(4,878 posts)1. Should have an interesting impact on DeSantis' presidential campaign
Diamond_Dog
(32,106 posts)2. So, cut it back three weeks, wth?
These people are just playing with numbers and have no idea of what theyre legislating.
sakabatou
(42,180 posts)3. Ugh...
In It to Win It
(8,293 posts)4. They're just waiting for the FL Supreme Court to remove any remaining constitutional protections
...and we just re-elected 4 supreme court justices who are hostile to abortion rights.