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  • Florida’s 6-week abortion ban in effect, replaces 15-week ban

    Florida's six-week abortion ban is in effect on Wednesday, replacing a 15-week ban that was previously upheld by the state Supreme Court.

  • As Florida’s 6-week abortion ban takes effect, doctors express fears

    Florida's ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even know they are pregnant, went into effect Wednesday, and some doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care. Dr. Leah Roberts, a reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist with Boca Fertility in Boca Raton, said the anti-abortion laws being enacted by Florida and other red states are being vaguely written by people who don't understand medical science....