Florida Legislature Passes 6-Week Abortion Ban

Pro-life and pro-abortion activists demonstrate during the 50th annual March for Life rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Republican-led Florida House approved a bill to ban most abortions after six weeks’ gestation on April 13, sending the bill to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk.

HB 7, which passed the Senate on April 4, would reduce the state’s current gestational limit on abortion—15 weeks—by more than half.