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Florida Supreme Court Clears Path for Six-Week Abortion Ban, Also Approves it for the Ballot

Abortions remain legal in most circumstances in 30 states and the District of Columbia following the overturning of Roe vs. Wade (Credit: AFP)

Florida's Supreme Court issued two separate decisions on abortion rights in the state that could end up with highly different scenarios by the end of the year.

On the one hand, it rejected against halting the state's 15-week abortion ban, paving the way for the implementation of a statewide ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a highly restrictive measure considering many women don't realize they are pregnant until after that amount of time has passed.

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