Florida Supreme Court ruling enables adoption of six-week abortion ban on May 1

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Moving swiftly to implement extreme anti-abortion measures like many other states, the six-week ban was passed by the Florida Legislature one year ago and it was written with the expectation that the court would uphold the 15-week ban.
50% : Some experts are predicting that thousands of women will have to choose between unwanted pregnancies in the eight months between May 1 and January 2025 when and if the abortion amendment is passed in the November election and is added to the state constitution.
49% : The amendment maintains an exception that is already in the state constitution that parents must be notified before their minor children can get an abortion.
44% : The ruling is in response to a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union and others seeking to block the 15-week law on the grounds that Florida's Constitution has a 40-year-old privacy clause that explicitly protected the right to abortion in the state and should remain in force.
40% : Writing for the court majority, Justice Jamie R. Grosshans said, "Based on our analysis finding no clear right to abortion embodied within the Privacy Clause, Planned Parenthood cannot overcome the presumption of constitutionality and is unable to demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that the 15-week ban is unconstitutional.

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