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Three bills aimed at stopping abortion in Florida are headed to the House floor.

The bills would require women to get an ultrasound before they could have an abortion, criminalize stem cell research, and would only allow doctors who own clinics to perform abortions. House Democrat Mark Pafford says the bills are only moving because the GOP has a supermajority.

“We’re doing this, this year because we can. Again, it’s not necessarily that it’s great policy, it’s that this is a grab like so many other things that we’re doing,” said Pafford.

Representative Liz Porter, the sponsor of the ultrasound bill says abortion doctors aren’t giving their patients all the information.

“Clinics are not going to be inclined to share the kind of information that may and will affect their bottom line,” said Porter.

The bills are just three of 18 filed in Tallahassee that would change the way abortion doctors and clinics do business.