Pregnancy Test (TFP File Photo) More than 22,000 abortions were performed in Florida this year before a law took effect on May 1, preventing abort
More than 22,000 abortions were performed in Florida this year before a law took effect on May 1, preventing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
Newly posted data on the state Agency for Health Care Administration website showed a reported 22,409 abortions had been performed as of May 1.
That was up from 14,735 abortions a month earlier.
Read: Florida Abortion Restrictions Take Hold
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Legislature passed the six-week limit last year, and it took effect after the Florida Supreme Court ruled on April 1 that a privacy clause in the state Constitution does not apply to abortion rights.
The six-week limit is expected to reduce the number of abortions performed in the state dramatically.
Voters in November will decide whether to approve a ballot proposal that would enshrine abortion rights in the Constitution.
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