Florida Supreme Court to hear challenge to 15-week abortion ban
The Florida state Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging the state's 15-week abortion ban. If upheld, the ban will go down to six weeks. The Florida state Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Friday in a legal challenge seeking to throw out the state's 15-week abortion ban, claiming it violates the state's constitution. The hearing is part of an ongoing lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Planned Parenthood, the Center for Reproductive Rights and other abortion providers against the state of Florida. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. In July 2022, a lower state court ruled that the ban violated the state's constitution and it was temporarily suspended. The law went into effect again later that same day when the state appealed the judge's decision. The state Supreme Court took up the case in January upon request from the plaintiffs. Abortion rights activists hold signs at a protest in suppo...