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SCOTUS Abortion Ruling Could Have Florida Impact

June 27th, 2016 by flanews

The Supreme Court of the United States dealt a blow to pro-life supporters with a ruling against a Texas abortion access law. And as Matt Galka tells us, the high court’s ruling could have implications here in Florida.

Florida lawmakers passed a law earlier this year hitting abortion clinics with tougher regulations.  Abortion doctors would need hospital admitting privileges or clinics would have to have a transfer agreement with a hospital close by.

A similar law in Texas forced around 20 of the state’s abortion clinics to shut down. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-3 against that law Monday. Pro-choice groups see it as a win.

“We are very excited from this ruling, this could mean that a lot of the legislation that we anticipated that could possibly restrict access to abortion here in Florida is now deemed unconstitutional,” said Kimberly Diaz with Planned Parenthood.

Justices ruled the Texas law was an undue burden on abortion access. But The Florida Catholic Conference says the decision hurts women’s care.

“We are disappointed with the decision because even though we uphold the dignity of life from conception we do realize that some women choose abortion, and those women should have a higher quality of care,” said Ingrid Delgado.

Supporters of the bill think it’s different enough from the one in Texas and will hold up. The Florida law is set to go into effect July 1st.

A challenge to Florida’s abortion law is set to get its first hearing in federal court Wednesday where opponents of the law are seeking an injunction to keep it from going into effect July 1st.

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