Florida's 15 week abortion ban law is heading to the FSSC

If you cannot limit abortions to 15 weeks, then overturning Roe v Wade was irrelevant

So Planned Parenthood sued the State of Florida in order to prevent the 15 week abortion ban from taking affect. They actually got a favorable ruling from a District Court Judge who ruled that the law violated the part of the Florida State Constitution which generically provides freedom from Government intrusion into their private lives. That was a "rich" ruling as I am sure the judge in question would see gun laws as constitutional. Probably would have not see a privacy issue in forcing a baker to bake a cake for a same sex wedding. But privacy is a unique thing in those regards. The District court ruling put a stay on the 15 week ban while the appeals ran the course.

An appeals court reversed the decision, allowing the 15 week ban to stay in place while the appeals went forward. The plaintiffs (Planned Parenthood) took this to the Florida State Supreme Court who affirmed the appeals decision 4-1. So for now, the 15 week law stays in place.

What we have is the same "privacy" argument that prompted Roe being argued now in various State Courts. In some places this is actually working. We have already seen examples of the state laws being overturned by state courts, using the same sort of distorted logic that Roe used. If one has the "right" to privacy as it pertains to ending a life, then certainly one has the same "right" to privacy to own a gun, or not bake a cake, or a 100 other things that the same pro-choice advocates are trying to force on others.

The interesting thing here is 15 weeks is really the sweet spot. If you had to pick a period of time when abortions should be legal vs not legal, the majority of Americans would probably agree to 15 weeks. Only those who want full access or no access would likely dissent. Fifteen weeks puts you just a couple of week past the first trimester. As long as there was exceptions for health of the baby or mother, 15 weeks is about as reasonable as it comes. If you are looking for a possible consensus that has a chance to put the entire abortion argument behind us, then 15 weeks is likely where it is at.