Florida Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Abortion Law
The Florida Supreme Court on Jan. 23 agreed to hear Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit attempting to overturn the state’s 15-week abortion limit but declined to stay the law while the case is pending.
Four justices opposed the stay, while one dissenting vote voted in favor.
The Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality Law was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis signed in April 2022, provides exceptions, including saving the mother’s life, preventing severe and irreversible impairment, and if a not-yet-viable child has a “fatal fetal abnormality.” The law, which amends the existing abortion law, requires reporting on the use and abuse of abortion-inducing drug as well as the possibility that human trafficking was cited as a reason for the termination.
Planned Parenthood, along with other abortion advocates, sued June 1, claiming the law violated the state constitution.
“The issue with the right of privacy amendment to the Florida Constitution is not what it says, but rather what it doesn’t say,” Protect Human Life Florida’s state chair Mark Minck said this in an email sent to The Epoch Times. The Human Life Protection Amendment Amendment is being put on the Florida ballot by the organization.
“So, while the Florida Supreme Court wrangles over whether it includes the right to intentionally end another human life, we’ll continue our effort to place clear and unambiguous language in our state’s governing document. Language that recognizes that the right to life of the preborn is God-given, thus unalienable, and shall not be infringed at any state of development.”
The Supreme Court’s action came a day after abortion supporters rallied in Tallahassee The U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 decision Roe v. Wade which established a constitutional right of abortion, is being commemorated on the 50th anniversary. The current Court overturned the decision in June in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case.
The decision raised abortion’s profile as an election issue, as Democrats used it to rally their supporters. The Dobbs decision gave the issue back to the states. Various states then began revising or toughening abortion laws.
Kamala Harris was the Vice President of the Pro-Abortion Rally. She caused controversy by her omission of a reference to the Declaration of Independence.
“We are here together because we collectively believe and know America is a promise. America is a promise. It is a promise of freedom and liberty. Not for some, but for all. A promise we made in the Declaration of Independence, that we are each endowed with the right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Be clear: these rights were not bestowed upon us. They belong to us as Americans.”
“As Governor DeSantis said,” Bryan Griffin, Bryan Griffin’s spokesperson, said the following on Jan. 24, “we are better when everybody counts. The Florida Supreme Court denied both of Planned Parenthood’s emergency motions asking the Court to block Florida’s law from taking effect. The Court also accepted jurisdiction of the case and set a briefing schedule. From here, we will continue to defend our pro-life protections.”
“The Declaration of Independence enumerates three unalienable rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—and we stand for all of them.”
The words’ three’, ‘life’ and “all’ were emphasized in boldface in the press release.
Reps. Dan Crenshaw and Lauren Boebert (R.Texas), Lisa McClain and Lisa McClain (R.Mich.) all lambasted Harris for not including the post in their posts on Twitter.
The founder of the Conservative Family Research Council went a little further, wondering if Harris’ gaffe was unintentional or deliberate and noting she also omitted “the Creator” Taken from her quote.
The Declaration’s text in question, in its second paragraph, reads: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Planned Parenthood’s media office did not respond to an email from The Epoch Times seeking a response about the vice president’s remarks.
Harris spoke to about 2,000 people Sunday at The Moon nightclub in Tallahassee, with another thousand outside who couldn’t get in. Sunday marked the 50th anniversary Roe v. Wade’s Jan. 22, 1973 decision.
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