Florida bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy
Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that will prevent the termination of a pregnancy once the first fetal heartbeat is detected.
Florida banned abortion after the first six weeks of pregnancy Thursday. Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that will prevent the termination of a pregnancy once the first fetal heartbeat is detected:
This regulation will also allocate a total of $143 million to fund pregnancy centers throughout the state. This money will help women not only during their pregnancy but also during the months after the child is born. In addition, it will prevent Floridan physicians from assisting a woman with an abortion through an online consultation and will require that abortion medication be distributed only at medical centers.
The measure is widely approved by Republican representatives. Mike Beltran assured, in statements reported by Infobae, that this bill grants "more protections to more vulnerable people." Congresswoman Jenna Persons-Mulicka also championed the bill. She said, in a video shared by her colleague Paul Renner, that "there is no greater purpose that drives me than to give every child the opportunity to be born and to live."
White House against Florida's pro-life law
The Heartbeat Protection Act lowers the time limit for allowing a woman to have an abortion from 15 weeks to six. Detractors claim that many women do not know they are pregnant until after that time. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was one of those people. She stated, in a press release, that the law "flies in the face of fundamental freedoms."
There are exceptions to this pro-life rule. Victims of rape, incest or human trafficking may have an abortion during the first 15 weeks of pregnancy. They will, however, have to present a restraining order, police report, medical records or other medical or judicial evidence.