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Leaders with a Bay area abortion fund said the state's new abortion law will change how they support people who need abortions, but it won't stop the work they do.
The Arizona law is modeled after a Mississippi law before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that could upend Roe v. Wade from nearly 50 years ago.
Florida's state Senate on Thursday passed a bill that bans abortions after 15 weeks, the same gestational limit currently being reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court. The bill, HB 5, which passed the state House in February, is expected to move quickly to the desk of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has previously said he is supportive of a ban after 15 weeks. If signed by DeSantis, the bill will go into effect July 1.
House Bill 5 would ban abortions at 15 weeks with no exceptions for rape, incest or human trafficking.
The GOP-controlled House passed the 15-week abortion ban after several hours of debate between Democrats.