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null / Credit: Mon Petit Chou Photography / UnsplashWashington D.C., Apr 6, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA).A bill that would ban abortions after six weeks gestation passed the Florida Senate and appears to be on its way to becoming law; however, lawmakers first need the state Supreme Court to overturn a decades-old "right to privacy" enshrined in the state constitution.The Heartbeat Protection Act, sponsored by Sen. Erin Grall, R-Vero Beach, passed the Senate 26-13 with support from most Republicans in the chamber and opposition from Democrats. The bill, which Gov. Ron DeSantis pledged he would sign if it gets to his desk, will now be considered by the House, which has a strong 84-35 Republican supermajority."For decades now, Florida has been a nationwide leader in defending the rights of the unborn," Grall said in a statement upon the bill s passage. "The Heartbeat Protection Act will make Florida a beacon of hope for those who understand that life is sacred and must
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Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell is seeking to examine decades-old fingerprint evidence in the case of Tommy Zeigler, a Winter Garden man who’s been on Florida’s Death Row since a judge sentenced him for the 1975 quadruple murder of his wife, in-laws, and a customer inside his family’s furniture store.