The state Supreme Court ruled that a proposed amendment enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution can appear on the ballot in November.

In a pair of significant decisions, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday to uphold a 15-week ban on abortion in the state, while also allowing a proposed amendment that would enshrine abortion protections in the state constitution to appear on the November ballot.

The conservative-leaning court’s decision on the 15-week ban also means that a six-week abortion ban, with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother, that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law last year will take effect.

But the bench’s ruling to allow the constitutional amendment to appear on the ballot this fall means voters will have a chance in just seven months to undo those restrictions.

Republicans have made multiple moves over the nearly two years since the U.S Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade to restrict access to abortion.

  • makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    8 months ago

    Your problem is that you’re trying to use logic here. They’ve clearly demonstrated that they don’t care. They want a total ban and they’ll use whatever weasle words, workarounds, and loopholes to make it so complicated that by the time you realize you’re pregnant and don’t want the pregnancy for any reason (including the guaranteed death of mother and fetus) that it’s too late to change anything