With the Florida Supreme Court upholding the state’s new restrictive abortion ban, pregnant women in Florida, especially those in South Florida, may soon head to countries in Latin America, where several countries have legalized the procedure, a reproductive health expert told WLRN on Friday.
Instead of being able to get an abortion in Florida, people from the state and others nearby will have to travel farther. The nearest clinic to offer abortion later in pregnancy without a three-day wait will be in Virginia.
The hearing, held in Broward County, comes a day after Florida’s Supreme Court cleared the way for the state to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.