{"id":2210976,"date":"2024-04-01T19:53:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T23:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-supreme-court-allows-six-week-abortion-ban-to-take-effect-opens-door-for-ballot-referendum\/"},"modified":"2024-04-01T19:53:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T23:53:33","slug":"florida-supreme-court-allows-six-week-abortion-ban-to-take-effect-opens-door-for-ballot-referendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-supreme-court-allows-six-week-abortion-ban-to-take-effect-opens-door-for-ballot-referendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Supreme Court greenlights six-week abortion ban implementation and paves way for potential ballot referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-supreme-court-allows-six-week-abortion-ban-to-take-effect-opens-door-for-ballot-referendum%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2210976&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Florida Supreme\u200d Court\u200d ruled\u2062 that the state constitution\u2062 does not\u2063 protect abortion under\u2062 privacy rights. The decision upholds the Heartbeat Protection Act, banning \u2064abortions\u2064 after\u2064 six weeks with exceptions. This ruling triggers debate on a proposed\u200d amendment to ensure \u2064abortion rights up to around 24 weeks, potentially allowing \u200babortions throughout all nine\u2063 months in certain cases. The Florida Supreme \u2064Court&#8217;s ruling on abortion rights and the Heartbeat Protection Act has sparked discussions around \u2062a proposed \u2063amendment to extend\u2064 abortion rights up to 24\u2062 weeks, potentially allowing \u200babortions throughout\u2063 all nine months in\u200c specific circumstances.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The Florida Supreme Court on Monday found that the Sunshine State\u2019s constitution\u2019s privacy protections do not extend to abortion, which is the intentional killing of an alive human in a woman\u2019s womb.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling triggers a pro-life law, called the Heartbeat Protection Act, to go into effect as of May 1. The Florida law bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy with exceptions for the life of the mother, rape, incest, and rare fatal fetal abnormalities.<\/p>\n<p>John McCormack, Senior Editor of The Dispatch, broke down the ruling on X. \u201cFlorida supreme court upholds state\u2019s 15-week abortion limit that has been in effect since summer of 2022; the ruling will trigger enforcement of the state\u2019s Heartbeat Protection Act (six-week limit) in 30 days,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Writing in the majority opinion, Justice Jamie R. Grosshans touched on the constitutionality of the 15-week abortion limit law and a challenge by abortion mill Planned Parenthood, writing, \u201cBased on our analysis finding no clear right to abortion embodied within the Privacy Clause, Planned Parenthood cannot overcome the presumption of constitutionality and is unable to demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that the 15-week ban is unconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Florida supreme court upholds state&#8217;s 15-week abortion limit that has been in effect since summer of 2022; the ruling will trigger enforcement of the state&#8217;s Heartbeat Protection Act (six-week limit) in 30 days.<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1pif6ceBZo\">https:\/\/t.co\/1pif6ceBZo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McCormackJohn\/status\/1774917228376285492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFlorida\u2019s Heartbeat Protection Act includes exceptions for cases of rape, incest, fatal fetal abnormalities, and to protect life of mother\/avert serious risk to mother\u2019s physical health,\u201d McCormack added.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate decision, the court said Florida residents can vote in November on whether to expand abortion access. The proposed constitutional amendment aims to guarantee a women\u2019s \u201cright\u201d to an abortion under any circumstance up until around 24 weeks, or the woman\u2019s six month of pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>However, as highlighted by McCormack, the amendment would actually expand abortion through all nine months in some cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlorida Supreme Court allows November referendum that would create a right to abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy,\u201d he explained. \u201cAmendment 4 would create [a] right to abort a viable unborn baby whenever a \u2018healthcare provider\u2019 (a term not limited to doctors) asserts a post-viability abortion is necessary to protect health (term not limited to physical health).\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Florida supreme court allows November referendum that would create a right to abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy. <\/p>\n<p>Amendment 4 would create right to abort a viable unborn baby whenever a &#8220;healthcare provider&#8221; (a term not limited to doctors) asserts a post-viability\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6hFxVSUmQP\">pic.twitter.com\/6hFxVSUmQP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McCormackJohn\/status\/1774920343309672888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Abortion activists in Florida and numerous other states are trying to cement the \u201cright\u201d to an abortion in the wake of the overturning of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> in June 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Brenzel, the director of the \u201cYes on 4\u201d campaign in Florida, celebrated the court\u2019s ruling regarding the November ballot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis is a historic day in the fight for abortion access in Florida,\u201d Brenzel said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/01\/us\/florida-abortion-law-supreme-court.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to The New York Times. \u201cNo longer will decisions about abortion be left between politicians disconnected from the realities of everyday Floridians\u2019 lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/poll-shows-desantis-backed-6-week-abortion-ban-has-gained-significant-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poll Shows DeSantis-Backed 6-Week Abortion Ban Has Gained Significant\u00a0Support<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the state constitution&#8217;s privacy protections don&#8217;t cover abortion. 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