TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) – A bill that would ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy is being taken up by the Florida Senate Monday.
The Florida House approved the bill Thursday.
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The 15-week ban includes no exceptions for rape, incest or human trafficking.
The only exclusions are if a mother’s life is in danger or the fetus has fatal abnormalities, and both exceptions have to be approved by two doctors.
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According to the Agency for Health Care Administration, more than 79,000 abortions were performed in Florida last year.
Of those, 94% were performed in the first trimester, meaning through the end of the 11th week of gestation, a large majority that Florida’s proposed bill wouldn’t touch.
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Last year, just under 500 second-trimester abortions were performed due to a serious genetic defect. Twenty-one were performed due to a life endangering physical condition. Fourteen were performed due to rape. Three were performed due to incest.