Florida Supreme Court Allows 6-Week Abortion Ban, but Voters Will
Weigh In

The Florida Supreme Court found that the State Constitution's privacy protections do not extend to abortion. But it also allowed a ballot
question on whether to expand abortion access.

The Florida Supreme Court overturned decades of legal precedent on
Monday in ruling that the State Constitution's privacy protections do
not extend to abortion, effectively allowing Florida to ban the
procedure after six weeks of pregnancy.

But in a separate decision released at the same time, the justices
allowed Florida voters to decide this fall whether to expand abortion
access. The court ruled 4 to 3 that a proposed constitutional
amendment that would guarantee the right to abortion "before
viability," usually around 24 weeks, could go on the November ballot.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/us/florida-abortion-law-supreme-court.html

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