The astonishing radicalism of Florida’s imminent ban on abortion (VOX)

The astonishing radicalism of Florida’s imminent ban on abortion – By Rachel M. Cohen (VOX) / Apr 5 2023

Ron DeSantis, gearing up for a presidential bid, said he would sign the 6-week ban into law.

Rachel M. Cohen has been covering social policy and politics for over a decade in Washington D.C. She is a senior domestic policy reporter at Vox.

Last summer, just days after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a new law in Florida took effect that banned abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, down from the previous legal threshold of 24 weeks.

Now Florida lawmakers are poised to take even more aggressive action against reproductive freedom in the third most populous state, armed with a supermajority of Republicans in both chambers and Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is readying himself to launch a presidential bid.

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