maybe these are laws not yet in effect but they re coming. perhaps things in a legal challenge. that gives you a sense of how much of the country right now we have where abortions are either banned, severely restricted or about to be. the states utah and louisiana, that s related to some rulings from judges. this is not the last we re going to see about legal changes and challenges. and now i understand there was a development in florida. what can you tell us? that s a perfect example. florida is in this ban, and the ban or severe restriction is likely. that s because hb-5, the law in florida which limits abortions. no abortions after 15 weeks with no exceptions for rape, incest or human trafficking was set to go into effect tomorrow. i was listening to the judge in florida as he said he is going to issue, rather, a temporary injunction. this is on the heels of a suit that was brought on behalf of planned parenthood and other health providers in the state. the center for reproducti
rights. he found they argued that hb-5 actually violates the privacy rights and bodily autonomy rights guaranteed in the florida constitution. he agreed. he said it does violate the rights in the florida constitution. he noted that these rights in florida are specific. they are not in the u.s. constitution. and he said it s clearly implicated that a woman s decision on whether to carry a pregnancy up to 24 weeks or violent, currently the law in florida, that they have that right in the state constitution. he said the written order will not be issued today. a lot of people thought when the supreme court made this ruling, states like florida with a republican governor, with republican-controlled congress or local legislature there, that it would go the opposite direction. here you have the state rules saying no, pump the brakes. abortion rights stand here. and it sounds like kentucky is
predicted many red states would also begin to craft their own anti-abortion bills. this bill, in particular, is called hb-5 and it did pass the house here in the state of florida last week. as you said t is heading to the gop-led senate, where it is expected to pass before being signed into law by governor desantis. breaking it down, this bill would ban abortion any time after 15 weeks, unless there is a serious risk to the mother or in the case of a fatal fetal abnormality. it would also criminalize medical professionals who perform abortions. there are zero exceptions in the case of rape or incest. now, here at this beautiful park in st. petersburg, florida, we were out here today talking to some people who are enjoying the weather. we asked them how they felt about this. as you might imagine, some of them were uncomfortable with the subject matter, but take a listen to what they had to say. it s a tricky situation. if you find out at that time
department of homeland security is investigating him on allegations regarding hb 5 visas. jon: a lot of people might look at this and say, harry reid took the nuclear option step because he wanted to get business done in the senate. he said things slowed to a standstill almost. it is time to get moving. now republicans find a way to billion locks up of bollock up the things. the reason there is stand still and partisan poll significance is because of harry reid s partisan politics. you have many republicanning proposals harry reid refuses to put on the floor. blame republicans one more time when republicans are doing what they re supposed to do in the senate. that is doing their job. jon: do you think they will catch heat for it? will this become stuff of campaign commercials this time around for instance? if does become the stuff of campaign commercials and up to the republicans and gop to do