CNN —A stricter abortion law is set to take effect in Florida on Wednesday — dropping the state’s 15-week ban to a six-week ban — and it will likely affect thousands of people seeking abortion care within the first month alone.
In Texas, the number of abortions provided within the formal health-care system dropped by about half after a six-week abortion ban took effect in 2021, and there were thousands more births than expected in the following year.
Florida will join Georgia and South Carolina with a six-week ban.
The Tampa Bay Abortion Fund anticipates that at least 90% of people who call their hotline will be impacted by a six-week abortion ban and will need to seek abortion care outside of Florida.
The six-week ban will only exacerbate those barriers in the cruelest fashion,” Kris Lawler, president of the Tampa Bay Abortion Fund Board said in a statement.
Persons:
Court’s Dobbs, Roe, Wade, It’s, don’t, —, Virginia —, ” Isaac Maddow, “, ”, Dobbs, Amber Gavin, that’s, Gavin, ” Gavin, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, ” Kris Lawler
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Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Georgia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana, Florida , North Carolina, New York, Tampa, Chicago