ORLANDO, Fla. — As a bill that would shrink the time someone can have an abortion progresses toward the governor’s desk, data suggest it may disproportionately impact underprivileged populations and women who don’t know they are pregnant or whose fetuses have serious genetic abnormalities — all groups more likely than others to get later abortions.
The proposal bans most abortions after the fetus reaches 15 weeks of gestation — defined in the bill as 15 weeks from the first day of a person’s last normal menstrual period — is headed to the Florida Senate after the Florida House passed it early Thursday.
Florida’s current cut-off is 24 weeks.
