佛罗里达共和党人于周二提交了一项立法，要求实施为期六周的堕胎禁令在州议会2023年会议的最初时刻，州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯已经表示，如果该法案被送到他的办公桌上，他将签署该法案。
“我们支持反堕胎。我敦促立法机构工作，拿出好东西，我们将签署，”德桑蒂斯在一次会议上说二月简报当被问及他是否会批准一项所谓的心跳法案，该法案将禁止六周后堕胎。
该州目前禁止15周以后的几乎所有堕胎，这些限制是在7月份实施的当州政府上诉时在法官裁定该法律违反了州宪法之后。
这新法案根据其文本，将禁止“医生在胎儿的孕龄被确定为超过6周，而不是15周后，故意实施或诱导终止妊娠”，但强奸和乱伦除外，或者如果需要挽救母亲的生命，在特定条件下。
例如，两名医生(如果有的话)必须以书面形式证明堕胎是必要的，以防止孕妇死亡或"避免对主要身体功能造成重大和不可逆转的身体损害的严重风险"。
在两个医生证明有致命的胎儿异常的情况下，妊娠不可能在妊娠晚期。
对于强奸和乱伦的受害者，怀孕不能超过15周，妇女必须提供警方报告、禁止令、法院命令或其他此类文件。
为期六周的堕胎禁令将禁止在许多人确定自己怀孕之前进行堕胎。怀孕是根据一个人最后一次月经的第一天来计算的，所以当他们错过下次月经并进行测试时，他们可能已经怀孕四周了。周期不规律的人，或那些不确定自己周期日期的人，可能不会很快意识到错过了一个周期——在他们知道自己怀孕之前，他们需要6周或更长时间。
该法案还禁止除医生以外的任何一方诱导终止妊娠，要求用于堕胎的药物由医生亲自配药，并禁止通过美国邮政服务或任何其他快递或运输服务配药。
该提案是在该州60天立法会议的第一天由新任州参议员艾琳·格雷尔(Erin Grall)提出的，她是一名共和党人，在众议院的最后一次会议上，她提出了佛罗里达州目前的15周禁令。州众议员Jenna Persons-Mulicka周二也在她的众议院提出了为期六周的堕胎禁令。
“我相信我们有一个独特的机会，因为最高法院现在正在考虑15周，这将使佛罗里达州在做出决定后尽快挽救尽可能多的婴儿，”格雷尔在2022年1月的一次听证会上说。
白宫周二迅速对该法案做出回应，称其将“对女性健康造成毁灭性影响”
白宫新闻秘书郭佳欣·让-皮埃尔在周二的一次简报会上说:“佛罗里达州的共和党议员今天提出了一项法案，该法案将禁止许多妇女在知道自己是否怀孕之前堕胎，这实际上剥夺了妇女对自己的身体做出医疗保健决定的权利。”
她说，这项禁令也将影响南部各州的妇女，她们依赖佛罗里达州作为“获得护理的选择”
2023年3月7日，在佛罗里达州塔拉哈西的国会大厦，佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯在参众两院联席会议上发表国情咨文时做手势。
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和绝大多数美国人一样，总统和副总统认为女性应该能够和自己的医生和家人一起做出医疗保健决定，不受政治干预。期，”让-皮埃尔说。“他们致力于保护获得生殖保健的权利，并继续呼吁国会恢复对罗伊诉韦德案(被驳回的最高法院堕胎决定)的保护。”
佛罗里达州的法案是在周二德桑蒂斯发表国情咨文之前提交的，尽管他在演讲中没有提及或评论该法案。
冉冉升起的共和党人已访问全国各地，包括本周第一个总统提名州爱荷华州，预计将在本届会议上以保守政策激励该州的共和党多数派，即使他平息任何关于他入主白宫野心的讨论。
Florida Republicans file a 6-week abortion ban bill, which DeSantis has said he'd sign
Florida Republicansfiled legislation to impose a six-week abortion ban on Tuesday, during the first moments of the state Legislature's 2023 session -- a bill that Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he would sign should it be sent to his desk.
"We're for pro-life. I urge the legislature to work, produce good stuff, and we will sign," DeSantis said during aFebruary briefingwhen asked if he would approve a so-called heartbeat bill that would ban abortions after six weeks.
The state currently prohibits almost all abortions after 15 weeks, restrictions that were put in place in Julyas the state appealedafter a judge's ruling that the law violated the state's constitution.
Thenew billwould prohibit "physicians from knowingly performing or inducing a termination of pregnancy after the gestational age of the fetus is determined to be more than 6 weeks, rather than 15 weeks," according to its text, with exceptions for rape and incest or if needed to save the life of the mother -- under specific conditions.
For example, two doctors, if available, would have to certify in writing that an abortion is needed to prevent the pregnant woman's death or "avert a serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function."
In the case of a fatal fetal abnormality as attested to two by two physicians, the pregnancy could not be in the third trimester.
For victims of rape and incest, the pregnancy can't be further than 15 weeks along and the woman has to provide a police report, restraining order, court order or other such documentation.
A six-week abortion ban would bar the procedure before many people identify their pregnancies. Pregnancies are counted based on the first day of a person's last menstrual period, so by the time they miss their next period and take a test, they can already be four weeks in. And people with irregular cycles, or those uncertain of their cycle dates, might not recognize a missed period that quickly -- taking them to six weeks or beyond before they know they're pregnant.
The bill also prohibits any party other than a physician from inducing a termination of pregnancy, requires that medications intended for use in an abortion be dispensed in person by a physician and prohibits the dispensing of such medication through the U.S. Postal Service or any other courier or shipping service.
The proposal was introduced on the first day of the state's 60-day legislative session by freshman state Sen. Erin Grall, a Republican who, when she was in the House last session, introduced Florida's current 15-week ban. State Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka on Tuesday also filed a six-week abortion ban in her chamber.
“I believe that we have a unique opportunity in the fact that the Supreme Court is considering 15 weeks right now, and this would allow Florida to save as many babies as possible as soon as possible after that decision is made,” Grall said during a hearing in January 2022.
The White House quickly responded to the legislation on Tuesday, saying it would have a "devastating impact on women's health."
"Republican state legislators in Florida proposed today a bill that would ban abortion before many women know if they are even pregnant, virtually eliminating a woman's right to make health care decisions about her own body," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a briefing on Tuesday.
She said that the ban would also impact women in southern states who rely on Florida as an "option to access care."
"Like the overwhelming majority of Americans, the president and the vice president believe women should be able to make health care decisions with their own doctors and families, free from political interference. Period," Jean-Pierre said. "They are committed to protecting access to reproductive care and continuing to call on Congress to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade [the overruled Supreme Court abortion decision]."
The Florida bill was filed Tuesday just ahead of DeSantis' State of the State address, though he did not refer to or comment on it during his speech.
The rising-star Republican whohas visitedvarious parts of the country -- including Iowa, the first presidential nominating state, this week -- is expected to energize the state's GOP majority this session with conservative policy even as he'squelledany discussion about his own White House ambitions.
