The Florida Supreme Court will rule eventually on House Bill 5, the state’s new 15-week abortion ban, so it might as well be sooner than later.
Attorney General Ashley Moody has asked the First District Court of Appeal to send it to the state’s highest court straightaway rather than take time to issue a decision that would be appealed either way.
That makes sense, but what’s dubious is Moody’s motive. She failed to persuade Tallahassee Circuit Judge John Cooper that there are compelling medical reasons for a near-total ban on abortions after 15 weeks. Now she’s arguing not just that Cooper was wrong, but that the facts shouldn’t matter.
