Justices to decide on abortion waiting period law
TALLAHASSEE – A clash over a law requiring women to wait 24 hours before receiving an abortion reached the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday, as justices heard arguments from the American Civil Liberties Union to quash it and from the state to keep the law intact.
On behalf of a Gainesville women’s health clinic that brought the lawsuit, ACLU attorney Julia Kaye argued the law infringes on a woman’s right to privacy and the burden should be on the state to prove the 24 hour delay is constitutional.
“The state is telling a woman she can’t exercise her constitutional right to an abortion for 24 hours,” Kaye said.
Denise Harle, deputy solicitor general for Attorney General Pam Bondi, countered that the state has an interest in making sure women take the proper time to consider their decision before having an abortion. She likened it to other momentous life decisions like getting married or divorced, calling it “irreversible.”
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