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Case Updates: Florida appeals injunction against Florida's 15-week abortion law [View all]
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Sun Sentinel
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A Leon circuit judge on Tuesday issued a temporary injunction against Florida’s 15-week abortion law that was quickly blocked by a state appeal.
The appeal reinstated the law because it automatically overturned Judge John Cooper’s injunction until the case reaches a higher court. The First District Court of Appeal will be the next stop for the case, which Gov. Ron DeSantis has vowed to take to the state Supreme Court.
The law bans most abortions after 15 weeks of gestation, with no exceptions for rape or incest. Violators could face up to five years in prison. Physicians and other medical professionals could lose their licenses and face administrative fines of $10,000 for each violation.
DeSantis has previously said he ultimately wants the high court to rule that the right to an abortion is not included in the constitution’s privacy clause that reads “every natural person has the right to be let alone and free from governmental intrusion into the person’s private life except as otherwise provided herein.”
The appeal reinstated the law because it automatically overturned Judge John Cooper’s injunction until the case reaches a higher court. The First District Court of Appeal will be the next stop for the case, which Gov. Ron DeSantis has vowed to take to the state Supreme Court.
The law bans most abortions after 15 weeks of gestation, with no exceptions for rape or incest. Violators could face up to five years in prison. Physicians and other medical professionals could lose their licenses and face administrative fines of $10,000 for each violation.
DeSantis has previously said he ultimately wants the high court to rule that the right to an abortion is not included in the constitution’s privacy clause that reads “every natural person has the right to be let alone and free from governmental intrusion into the person’s private life except as otherwise provided herein.”
ETA: I take issue with the use of the word "overturned." The lower court's decision is not "overturned", it is stayed; paused; stopped; suspended. Those are better words.
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