Florida Supreme Court Upholds 15-Week Abortion Ban, Approves Abortion Ballot Measure for November

The court’s decision to uphold Florida’s 2022 15-week abortion ban paves the way for a subsequently-passed 6-week abortion ban to take effect.

The Florida Supreme Court building in Tallahassee, Fla., on Jan. 22, 2023. Nanette Holt/the Epoch Times

The Florida Supreme Court on April 1 upheld the state’s 15-week abortion ban in a ruling that means a subsequently passed six-week ban can soon take effect.

A six-week ban passed in the 2023 legislative session was written so that it would not take effect until a month after the 2022 law was upheld.