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Florida poised to enact strictest abortion law in state history

By Abigail Adcox
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Florida poised to enact strictest abortion law in state history

An abortion bill headed to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s desk is poised to become the strictest abortion ban in the state’s history.

Florida’s GOP-controlled Senate sent the bill, H.B. 5, to the governor on Thursday night in a 23-15 vote. DeSantis is expected to sign the measure that prohibits women from receiving an abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, without exemptions in cases of rape or incest.

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