Planned Parenthood v. Florida
The Florida Supreme Court held that the state’s 15-week abortion ban does not violate the right to privacy under the state constitution and reversed prior precedent that that right encompasses a right to abortion access. A trial court temporarily blocked the ban but an intermediate appeals court then reversed the trial court, allowing the ban to take effect.
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