Florida Supreme Court upholds state's 15-week abortion ban, but voters will soon have say

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The Florida justices agreed, saying that when voters approved the privacy clause, they didn't know it would affect abortion laws.
54% : "The debate -- as framed to the public -- overwhelmingly associated the Privacy Clause's terms with concerns related to government surveillance and disclosure of private information to the public'" the court wrote.
51% : It provides for one exception that is already in the state constitution: Parents must be notified before their minor children can get an abortion.
47% : Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union and others who challenged the law argued that the Florida Constitution's unique privacy clause for more than 40 years has explicitly protected a right to abortion in the state and should remain in force.

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