In Florida, California and beyond: both sides mobilize over abortion

The expanding battle over abortion set off by the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is moving to state courts and legislatures, with a Florida judge scheduled Monday to hear a challenge under state law to a ban taking effect this week and California lawmakers preparing to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to protect reproductive rights.

In Florida, health care providers have asked a judge to temporarily block the state’s new ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a law signed this spring by Gov. Ron DeSantis and set to take effect Friday. The plaintiffs argue that the law violates the state constitution’s protection for individual privacy rights which, in previous rulings by the state Supreme Court, has been interpreted to include the right to abortion.

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In California, lawmakers are expected as soon as Monday to put a state constitutional amendment on the ballot that would explicitly protect reproductive rights. If approved, it would go before state voters in November for approval.

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