{"id":93213,"date":"2016-04-24T06:53:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T10:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=93213"},"modified":"2016-04-25T13:26:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T17:26:23","slug":"florida-supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-24-hour-abortion-waiting-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/florida-supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-24-hour-abortion-waiting-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Supreme Court temporarily blocks 24-hour abortion waiting period"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>In a 5-2 ruling, the Florida Supreme Court on Friday <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/florida-supreme-court-halts-abortion-waiting-period-now-38600404\">issued<\/a> a temporary block on enforcing the state&#8217;s 24-hour waiting period requirement for abortions.<\/p>\n<p>Florida is one of 27 states that require women seeking abortions to wait at least a day between seeing a doctor about an abortion and having it performed. Studies <a href=\"\/news\/contrary-to-pro-abortion-study-waiting-periods-save-lives\/\">have shown<\/a> that such laws are effective in changing the minds of women who do not enter an abortion facility already certain of their decision.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman for Republican Governor Rick Scott, who signed the law, said they are reviewing the ruling, which was not on the law&#8217;s merits but was simply a temporary measure until the court decides whether they will hear a case challenging the law&#8217;s constitutionality.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing to have the law tossed out on behalf of a Gainsville, FL abortion facility. The ACLU&#8217;s Nancy Abudu blasted the waiting period as an &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221; and &#8220;potentially dangerous&#8221; law causing &#8220;needless burdens to limit a woman&#8217;s access to reproductive care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, despite upholding abortion, the US Supreme Court&#8217;s majority opinion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/supremecourt\/text\/505\/833\"><em>Planned Parenthood v. Casey<\/em><\/a> already found 24-hour waiting periods to be constitutional in 1992. A waiting period does not qualify as an &#8220;undue burden,&#8221; the majority held, because it &#8220;rationally furthers the State&#8217;s legitimate interest in maternal health and in unborn life,&#8221; and &#8220;may delay, but does not prohibit, abortions.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a 5-2 ruling, the Florida Supreme Court on Friday issued a temporary block on enforcing the state&#8217;s 24-hour waiting period requirement for abortions. 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