FL S0288

Redefines "fatal fetal abnormality" to mean a condition incompatible with "prolonged" life outside the womb resulting in death "shortly" after birth, replacing the stricter terms "life outside the womb" and "imminently" thereafter

Reduces the physician requirement from two physicians certifying in writing to one physician making the medical determination for exceptions to Florida's 6-week abortion ban

Broadens the medical exception to allow termination when necessary to save or prolong the pregnant woman's life or avert a serious risk of substantial physical impairment or morbidity, removing the current requirement that the impairment be "irreversible"

Adds impairment to fertility as a qualifying condition for the medical exception and removes the exclusion for psychological conditions

Eliminates the separate emergency exception provision (which previously allowed a single physician to act when another was unavailable for consultation) by consolidating it into the revised general medical exception; effective date is July 1, 2025