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South Florida Group Challenges State's Abortion Law
The lawsuit, filed Friday in Leon County circuit court by Congregation L'Dor Va-Dor, seeks to block the law from taking effect July 1.
June 14, 2022
A South Florida Jewish congregation has challenged a new state law that blocks abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, contending the measure violates privacy and religious-freedom rights.
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The lawsuit, filed Friday in Leon County circuit court by Congregation L'Dor Va-Dor, seeks to block the law from taking effect July 1. Abortion clinics also filed a lawsuit this month in Leon County challenging the constitutionality of the restriction.
Both cases include allegations that the law, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in April, violates a privacy right in the Florida Constitution that has long played a pivotal role in abortion cases in the state.
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