Florida Proposal Would Ban Most Abortions, Mimicking Texas
- GOP bill would outlaw abortion of fetuses with a heartbeat
- Doctors could be sued for prohibited abortions, bill proposes
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A Florida legislator has proposed banning most abortions in the state and allowing lawsuits against doctors who violate it, mirroring a Texas law that instituted the strictest abortion restrictions in the U.S.
It wasn’t immediately clear how much support the bill would garner. The Republican-controlled Florida legislature has shown significant support for tighter abortion policies, but Governor Ron DeSantis said he hadn’t reviewed this specific proposal and the GOP House speaker was similarly noncommittal on Wednesday.