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FL S1076

Bill

Status

Failed

5/5/2023

Primary Sponsor

Lori Berman

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Origin

Senate

2023 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes the "Reproductive Health Care Protections Act" declaring fundamental rights to choose or refuse contraception, sterilization, and to carry a pregnancy to term, give birth, or have an abortion

  • Prohibits the state, local governments, political subdivisions, or any person from discriminating against, denying, unduly burdening, or interfering with a person's exercise of reproductive health care rights

  • Creates a civil cause of action allowing individuals whose rights are violated to sue in circuit court for injunctive relief, damages, and attorney fees, with recovery limits capped by sovereign immunity provisions under s. 768.28(5)

  • Changes the abortion restriction timeframe from 15 weeks gestational age to the third trimester of pregnancy, allowing terminations before the third trimester without restriction

  • Removes the exception allowing abortion after the gestational limit for fatal fetal abnormalities and deletes the statutory definition of "fatal fetal abnormality"

Legislative Description

Reproductive Health Care Rights

Last Action

Died in Health Policy

5/5/2023

Full Bill Text

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