Fla. Legislator Tries to Make Abortion Illegal
The Florida House of Representatives may soon deliberate a bill to make abortion a felony in the state. HB 865, or the “Florida for Life Act,” would make it a first-degree felony to perform an abortion or operate an abortion clinic in the state. Violations could be punished by up to 30 years in prison.
The Miami Herald reports that the bill is the brainchild of State Rep. Charles Van Zant (R-Keystone Heights). Van Zant is a Southern Baptist minister, which perhaps explains why his bill explicitly appeals to religion.“The Legislature finds that all human life comes from the Creator, has an inherent value that cannot be quantified by man, and begins at the earliest biological development of a fertilized human egg,” it reads. “The Legislature urges the United States Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade…and Planned Parenthood of Southern Pennsylvania v. Casey.”
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