Florida's Near-Total Abortion Ban, Choice Will Be on November Ballot | Ask Dr. David

The FL supreme court ruled that the 2022 statute banning abortion after 15 weeks is constitutional. With the 2023 law now also allowed, the ban goes down to 6 weeks. But, the supreme court also ruled that the Florida constitutional amendment allowing for abortion until viability will be on the ballot in November. So, let's talk about it!
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[@Bfredrick]

The Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-212) is a United States law that recognizes an embryo or fetus in utero as a legal victim, if they are injured or killed during the commission of any of over 60 listed federal crimes of violence. The law defines "child in utero" as "a member of the species Homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb."
The law sees the fetus as a child regardless of the religion of the individual when it comes to crimes. A crime is a crime no matter who commits it including abortion.
When it comes to body autonomy the child in the womb has rights under the law whether or not your religion believes it is a human. This also involves circumcising a child for religious purposes. The child cannot give consent. Body autonomy should be respected.

[@DrDavidMD]

Hi - thank you for watching and commenting. The definition you provided must be read in the context of the entire law, which directly addresses abortion access and states that nothing in the law should be construed to make abortion access illegal. The law only protects fetuses in utero if the fetus dies in connection with a violation of a federal criminal law. I cited the relevant subsection below - hope this helps clarify things.
18 U.S. Code § 1841 - Protection of unborn children | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute (see: www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1841)
(c)Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the prosecution-
(1)of any person for conduct relating to an abortion for which the consent of the pregnant woman, or a person authorized by law to act on her behalf, has been obtained or for which such consent is implied by law;
(2)of any person for any medical treatment of the pregnant woman or her unborn child; or
(3)of any woman with respect to her unborn child.