Florida may limit abortion to 12 weeks, compared with the current 15-week limit

Changes could be coming to Florida’s abortion laws after the incoming senate president, Sen. Kathleen Passidomo, said she would like to see Florida’s abortion ban go from 15 weeks’ gestation to 12 weeks’ gestation.

In 1900, Florida had banned abortion. However, that ban was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court during the Roe v. Wade case in 1973. The Supreme Court reversed that decision in June. In anticipation of that decision, Florida Governor. Ron DeSantis moved to ban abortions from 15 weeks’ gestation, with the law making no exceptions for cases pertaining to rape and incest.

DeSantis declared, “House Bill 5 protects babies in the womb who have beating hearts, who can move, who can taste, who can see, and who can feel pain. Life is a sacred gift worthy of our protection, and I am proud to sign this great piece of legislation, which represents the most significant protections for life in the state’s modern history.”

In fact, there were already abortion changes in June 2020 DeSantis signed a law requiring minors to obtain written permission from a parent/guardian before they can have an abortion.

Andrew Shirvell (founder and executive director, Florida Voice for the Unborn), told The Center Square that Florida’s ban on abortions from 15 to 12 weeks will not affect abortion rates as most Florida abortions are performed before then.

“The vast majority (over 90%) of Florida abortions take place before 12 weeks gestation. Accordingly, a new Florida law banning abortions after 12 weeks’ gestation – as opposed to 15 weeks’ gestation – would do almost nothing to curb Florida’s horrendous abortion rate,” Shirvell said. “Moreover, permitting an unborn child to be killed via abortion after 12 weeks’ gestation, if the child was conceived as a result