The Florida Senate bill to ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy in Florida (SB 300) was approved by the Health Policy Committee on March 20, becoming the first committee of the upper house.
The measure was approved with 7 votes for and 4 against.
The SB 300 will now be assessed by members of the Fiscal Policy Committee.
What changes does the SB 300 offer?
SB 300 proposes to change the conditions under which pregnant women in Florida are allowed to have abortions.
It is proposed to reduce the period during which a person can have an abortion from 15 to 6 weeks, only in circumstances approved by the legislator. The measure retains medical exceptions and fatal fetal anomalies.
The only two factors in which a pregnant person would be allowed to have an abortion would only be if they were raped or if incest was committed.
However, the survivor of rape or incest must “provide a copy of a restraining order, police report, medical record or other court order, or documentation showing that she obtains a termination of pregnancy because she is the victim of rape or incest”. the measure.
The House of Representatives is also seeking to restrict abortion
HB 7, the lower house’s counterpart project, is also being evaluated. Currently, there is the health and social services committee.