FL Supreme Court blocks 24-hour abortion waiting period

Posted by | April 23, 2016 13:27 | Filed under: Good News Politics

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They’d never tell a man he had to wait 24 hours for anything.

The Florida Supreme Court on Friday tapped the brakes on the controversial state law, which requires women to visit the doctor, in person, a full day before an abortion. It’s the latest in a protracted legal fight that began last summer after the measure was passed by the Republican-controlled state Legislature and signed by Gov. Rick Scott.

Gainesville-based abortion clinic Bread and Roses Women’s Health Center and the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida sued the state, claiming the law violates broad privacy protections under the Florida Constitution. A Tallahassee circuit court still hasn’t ruled on that question. The fight has so far surrounded an injunction stopping the law from going into effect.

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9 responses to FL Supreme Court blocks 24-hour abortion waiting period

  1. Budda April 23rd, 2016 at 13:36

    24 hours? Like the woman hasn’t thought/agonized about this previously….for days.

  2. mistlesuede April 23rd, 2016 at 14:57

    Is there a state law where men have to visit a physician 24 hours before they have a vasectomy?

    • bpollen April 23rd, 2016 at 23:41

      Along with a transrectal ultrasound, and a note from all of his prior and current sexual partners granting permission.

      Luckily, I didn’t have to go through that. The after-effects were painful enough. I spent at least six months feeling like I’d recently been kicked in the ‘nads. Now that feeling is just a periodic “eff you” from the juevos.

    • fahvel April 24th, 2016 at 04:21

      hell. most men should have to visit a doctor 24 hrs before attempting to have sex.

  3. Carla Akins April 23rd, 2016 at 16:48

    Hold the phone!!! Florida, you say? Are you sure?

    • Hirightnow April 23rd, 2016 at 17:24

      IKR? I had to run outside and check to make sure I hadn’t slipped into some alternate world.
      (If I did, it’s all cool; the Honeysuckle’s blooming here, too…)

    • whatthe46 April 23rd, 2016 at 22:16

      i had to read that twice. then i had to read the comments twice.

  4. amersham46 April 23rd, 2016 at 19:42

    In Rick Scott the Tea Baggers have found their first candidate for 2020

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