Judge blocks Florida 15-week abortion ban, ruling stayed as state appeals
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A Florida judge granted an injunction against the state's new law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, but the order is on hold while the state appeals the ruling.
"The right to privacy under the Florida Constitution is ‘much broader in scope’ than any privacy right under the United States Constitution," Cooper wrote, citing a past Florida case in which a concurring opinion observed that Florida's abortion rights would not be impacted by Roe's overruling.
Cooper cited other past cases, including a 2003 Florida Supreme Court case that said it would be wrong to compare federal and Florida privacy rights "in light of the fact that there is no express federal right of privacy clause."
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