The human rights organization HRW has described as »extreme» the measure adopted Thursday by the state of Florida, in the United States, which prohibits abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy, except in very specific cases such as rape, incest and when it occurs in a situation of trafficking, where abortion will be allowed until the 15th week.
This law violates human rights and denies pregnant women the ability to control their own bodies, lives and futures,» they denounced in a statement.
Although the rule will not go into effect immediately — before the Florida Supreme Court must rule on a previous restriction on abortion after the 15th week of pregnancy — HRW denounces that the state is increasingly restrictive of women’s reproductive rights.
This new law will force pregnant women to travel out of state for medical care, to manage an abortion outside the health care system, or to continue a pregnancy against their wishes,» they criticized.
In addition, the NGO has denounced that the norm — signed by the governor of the state, the conservative Republican Ron DeSantis, under the name of the ‘Heartbeat Protection Act’ — will also provide 25 million dollars (22.5 million euros) to finance fake abortion clinics that »use misinformation and shame to try to dissuade pregnant people from seeking an abortion».
Before achieving a Republican majority in its Congress, Florida was considered a destination for many women from neighboring states with even stricter bans, CNN reports, because of its comparatively advanced abortion laws.
Florida is one of the leading Republican states in the growing conservative push to repeal abortion rights in the country, which began when the Supreme Court in June 2022 overturned legal precedent allowing termination of pregnancy since 1973.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
