Florida issues emergency rule listing exceptions for 6 week abortion ban
ORLANDO, Fla. — Amid criticism of Florida’s six-week abortion ban, state health regulators issued emergency rules Thursday clarifying what medical conditions qualify for exceptions under the new law. The rules say that if a woman’s water breaks prematurely, inducing delivery is not defined as an abortion, nor is the treatment of an ectopic pregnancy or trophoblastic tumor, a rare growth that ...