Center for Reproductive Rights: Florida's 15-Week Abortion Ban Heads to State Supreme Court
August 11, 2022
August 11, 2022
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (TNSreact) -- The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following news release:
Florida health care providers today sought review in the Florida Supreme Court in their case challenging the state's ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy (House Bill 5). The move comes after lower courts repeatedly closed off meaningful legal avenues to block HB 5. Plaintiffs argue that the law -- which criminalizes essential health care and threatens to imprison doctors . . .
Florida health care providers today sought review in the Florida Supreme Court in their case challenging the state's ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy (House Bill 5). The move comes after lower courts repeatedly closed off meaningful legal avenues to block HB 5. Plaintiffs argue that the law -- which criminalizes essential health care and threatens to imprison doctors . . .