A proposed six-week ban on abortion cleared its last committee Tuesday and will head to the full Florida Senate for a vote.
Sen. Lori Berman, D-Boynton Beach, tried and failed to add amendments to the proposed six-week ban that would prevent the bill from being the strictest of its type in the country. If the bill is approved, not only would a woman be banned from having an abortion after six weeks, she would need to wait 24 hours between consenting to a procedure and having one.
“By including a 24-hour waiting period, it’s a total ban,” Berman said. “No one can get in two visits and schedule an abortion within six weeks. Florida will be the only state that has a six-week ban as strict as ours.”
