The Florida Supreme Court on Monday authorized the entry into force in a month of a law signed by the Republican governor of the state, Ron DeSantis, banning abortion beyond six weeks of pregnancy.
In a separate decision, the highest court in Florida, on the other hand, validated the inclusion on the ballot papers in the US elections in November of an amendment guaranteeing the right to abortion in this state in the south-east of the country, a major theme of the presidential campaign.
A citizens' petition that has gathered the required number of some 900,000 signatories proposes that an amendment to the Florida Constitution
"limit state interference in abortion
. "
The Supreme Court rejects the objections of the Republican authorities and
“approves the inclusion of the proposed amendment on the ballot”
during the presidential and legislative elections in November. If passed, this amendment will be added to the Florida Constitution's Bill of Rights.
Outgoing Democratic President Joe Biden has made protecting the right to abortion a focus of his campaign against his Republican predecessor Donald Trump. The latter prides himself on having, through his appointments to the Supreme Court of the United States, resulted in the reversal of jurisprudence of June 2022 which annulled the federal guarantee of the right to abortion.
Since this decision giving states full latitude to legislate in this area, around twenty have banned abortion (voluntary termination of pregnancy).