Florida’s 6-Week Abortion Limit Takes Effect

The law, decried by abortion advocates, may be short-lived.

Liberty Counsel founder and chairman Mathew Staver speaks to reporters in front of the Florida Supreme Court after telling justices a proposed amendment to protect abortion rights should be kept off the ballot in Tallahassee, Fla., on Feb. 7, 2024. Brendan Farrington/AP Photo

As a Florida law prohibiting abortions after six weeks’ gestation took effect on May 1, it was met with a chorus of doomsday predictions from abortion proponents across the country.

“We join with millions across the country in outrage at this anti-women attack,” the Party for Socialism and Liberation posted on social media, calling for the codification of a federal right to abortion.