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GETTING RESULTS. to help restore >> GOVERNOR DESANTIS COMES TO
CENTRAL FLORIDA TO SIGN A 15
WEEK ABORTION BAN INTO LAW,
FLORIDA. JOINING A GROWING
LIST OF STATE TO LIMIT ACCESS
TO THE PROCEDURE.
>> GINGER: THIS IS NEWS 6 AT
4. I’M GINGER GADSDEN. I’M
JULIE BROUGHTON. LISA BELL IS
OFF RIGHT NOW. REACTION IS
POURING IN FOLLOWING TODAY’S
ANNOUNCEMENT NEWS SIX’S JERRY
ASKIN STARTS OUR TEAM
COVERAGE. AND JERRY, HE SIGNED
THIS BILL IN OSCEOLA COUNTY
LADIES. YES. AND THAT LOW SET
TO GO INTO EFFECT ON JULY ONE.
AND WHILE SUPPORTERS SAY IT
PROTECTS LIFE, IT ALSO GOT A
LOT OF OPPOSITION TODAY, TOO,
FROM STATE DEMOCRATS. SOME
SAYING IT’S AN INVASION OF
PRIVACY.
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♪ to help restore >> FOR ONLY BY SUPPORTERS AT A
KISSIMMEE CHURCH THIS MORNING,
GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SIGNING
HOUSE BILL 5 INTO LAW BANNING
ABORTIONS IN FLORIDA AFTER 15
WEEKS OF PREGNANCY.
>> THIS WILL THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT PROTECTIONS FOR
LIFE THAT HAVE BEEN ENACTED IN
THIS STATE IN A GENERATION.
>> THE BILL SAYS A PHYSICIAN
CAN PERFORM AN ABORTION. IF A
DOCTOR DETERMINES A WOMAN IS
MORE THAN 15 WEEKS PREGNANT,
THOUGH, TO DOCTORS MAY CERTIFY
IN WRITING WITH THEIR MEDICAL
JUDGMENT THAT AN ABORTION
AFTER 15 WEEKS MAY BE
NECESSARY TO SAVE A PREGNANT
WOMAN’S LIFE OR SERIOUS RISK
OF PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT AND
THAT ALL ABORTIONS MUST BE
REPORTED MONTHLY TO THE AGENCY
FOR HEALTH CARE
ADMINISTRATION.
>> WE DECIDED NOW NOW NOT
GOING TO GO THAT WAY.
>> WE DECIDED NOW NOW NOT
GOING TO GO THAT WAY. to help restore >> ONE BY ONE, SEVERAL
SUPPORTERS SHARED THEIR
PERSONAL STORIES OF SUPPORT
FOR THE BILL TODAY.
>> THIS BILL WILL SAVE MOTHERS
AND FATHERS FROM THE LIFETIME
OF PAIN AND REGRET THAT I HAVE
SUFFERED. BUT THEN THEIR
OPPONENTS, PEOPLE WHO VOTED NO
TO HOUSE BILL 5 LIGHT. FLORIDA
STATE REPRESENTATIVE ANNA
ESKAMANI SAYING IT’S
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
>> WE’VE AGAINST THIS BILL AND
I’M REALLY DISAPPOINTED SAY
THAT ONLY SAYS THAT ABORTION
BAN, BUT IT HAS NO EXCEPTIONS
FOR RAPE, INCEST, FOR HUMAN
TRAFFICKING.
FOR RAPE, INCEST, FOR HUMAN
TRAFFICKING. to help restore >> AND DEMOCRAT STATE
REPRESENTATIVE ANNA ESKAMANI
SAYS AMID THE FEDERAL IN
LITIGATION THERE MAY ALSO BE
LOW. SO IT’S ON THE WAY HERE
IN FLORIDA, TOO. FOR PEOPLE
WHO OPPOSE THE ABORTION BILL
SIGNED TODAY, I’M GETTING MORE
INTO THAT AND YOU’LL HEAR MORE
FROM LOCAL LEGISLATORS WHEN I
JOIN YOU ALL BACK HERE AT 5
O’CLOCK LIVE IN STUDIO. JERRY
ASKIN GETTING RESULTS. NEWS 6.
JERRY, THANK YOU. OUR TEAM
COVERAGE MOVES TO REACTION NOW
FROM CLINICS ACROSS FLORIDA
NEWS SIX’S CAROLINA CARDONA
JOINS US LIVE IN CAROLINA. YOU
SPOKE TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD
ABOUT THIS MOVE.
>> YEAH, GINGER AND ALSO TO
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. AND THEY
ALL AGREE THAT THIS NEW LAW IS
EXTREME AND IT ALSO IS ON
CONSTITUTIONAL, BOTH UNDER THE
U.S. CONSTITUTION AND UNDER
THE FLORIDA STATE
CONSTITUTION.
>> THIS BAN GOES WAY BEYOND
ABORTION. IT’S REALLY ABOUT
WHO HAS POWER OVER YOU AND ME
AND WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO
MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT OUR
HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS IN
FAVOR OF ABORTION ARE SPEAKING
OUT HOURS AFTER GOVERNOR RON
DESANTIS SIGNED THE
CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATION INTO
LAW.
>> CURRENTLY UNDER FLORIDA LAW
ABORTIONS ARE ALLOWED UP TO 24
WEEKS. BUT AS OF JULY 1ST, IT
WILL BE 15 WEEKS. WE’RE NOT
SEEING THE GOVERNOR OR THE
PEOPLE IN TALLAHASSEE PUT
FORTH PROGRAMS THAT WOULD
SUPPORT.
>> I’M A STRONGER, HEALTHIER
CHILDHOOD RIGHT? THERE IS NOT
AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE. THERE’S
NOT SAFE COMMUNITIES. THEY
DON’T EVEN EXPAND MEDICAID
WHERE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE ACCESS
TO THE BIRTH CONTROL. THEY
NEED. THE NEW LAW HAS SOME
EXCEPTIONS.
>> THE ABORTION IS NECESSARY
TO SAVE A MOTHER’S LIFE.
PREVENT SERIOUS INJURY, OR IF
THE FETUS HAS A FETAL
ABNORMALITY. BUT NOT IN THE
CASE OF VICTIMS OF RAPE,
INCEST OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
THERE’S NO PROTECTION FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE RAPED. PEOPLE
ARE VICTIMS OF INCEST.
>> AND PEOPLE FOR HUMAN
TRAFFIC. CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING
THE VICTIM OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING AND FORCED TO GIVE
BIRTH? HOW IS THAT A CHRISTIAN
VALUE? A 15 WEEK ON ABORTION
THIS KIND OF EXTREME LAW FOR
BOTH THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
>> AND FLORIDA STATE
CONSTITUTION WHICH INCLUDES
SPECIFIC PROTECTIONS FOR
FLORIDIANS. MOST PERSONAL
DECISIONS, INCLUDING THE
DECISION TO END A PREGNANCY.
to help restore >> AND SO NOW THE ACLU
ATTORNEY SAYS THAT THEY ARE
PLANNING ALONG WITH OTHER
PARTNERS TO CHALLENGE THIS NEW
LAW IN COURT LIVE IN ORLANDO.
I’M PROBABLY NOT CREDIBLE
GETTING RESULTS. NEWS 6 THAT
YOU GUYS IN STUDIO, CAROLINA.
THANK YOU. NOW THIS
LEGISLATION COMES AFTER THE
U.S. SUPREME COURT SUGGESTED
IT BUT UPHOLD MISSISSIPPI’S 15
WEEK ABORTION BAN.
>> A DECISION IS EXPECTED THIS
SUMMER AND COULD POTENTIALLY
OVERTURN THE 1973 LANDMARK
DECISION THAT ESTABLISHED THE
RIGHT TO AN ABORTION ROE
VERSUS WADE. NOW WE’LL BE
JOINED BY POLITICAL EXPERT JIM
CLARK IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR TO
GO IN-DEPTH ON TODAY’S
DECISION. IN THE MEANTIME,
HEAD TO OUR WEB SITE WHERE YOU
CAN FIND AN INTERACTIVE MAP
SHOWING A STATE BY STATE. LOOK