Article 6KSJ7 Florida abortion providers brace for six-week ban: ‘Where are these 80,000 patients gonna go?’

Florida abortion providers brace for six-week ban: ‘Where are these 80,000 patients gonna go?’

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Carter Sherman
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In separate decision, state supreme court agrees to allow voters to decide on enshrining rights in constitution in November

Florida, the last bastion of abortion access in the south-eastern United States, will ban abortion past six weeks of pregnancy starting next month, leaving abortion providers and their supporters in the state and across the country scrambling to deal with the fallout for patients.

On Monday, the Florida state supreme court upheld a 15-week abortion ban, a move that removed the barriers for a separate, six-week ban that takes effect on 1 May. In a separate ruling, the court also agreed to let Florida residents weigh in on the issue through a November ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution - a decision that opens a new front in an election that is already sure to be dominated by abortion politics.

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