TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida Senate committee voted Wednesday against including exceptions for rape, incest and human trafficking in a bill that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
State Sen. Lauren Book, a survivor of sexual assault, proposed the amendment, which she said was needed to prevent further trauma on women and girls.
“We are telling a 15-year-old ... that was raped that she is on the clock,” the Plantation Democrat said.
