Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson, a landmark Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and effectively ending a women’s right to an abortion throughout the country. This decision paved the way for SB 300, a bill passed by the Florida Legislature this year to restrict abortions to six weeks of gestational age, an almost complete ban. Though signed into law, due to ongoing litigation in Planned Parenthood v. Florida this bill has yet to go into effect, keeping abortions legal up to fifteen weeks.
“It has been one year since the U.S Supreme Court, with no respect for either legal precedent or bodily autonomy, declared that millions of women across the country do not have a right to choose whether or not to have an abortion. Following suit, numerous states have instrumented draconian abortion bans, with our Governor signing a six-week ban earlier this year,” said Representative Campbell (D-Fort Lauderdale). “This is a solemn reminder of the work that is left to do and of the ongoing fight to protect this state’s and our nation’s women’s right to make the choice which is right for them and their families. Even now, the Florida Supreme Court is considering striking down the right to abortion under the Florida constitution and allowing the 6-week abortion ban to go into effect. I would not have imagined in the fifty years since Roe v. Wade made clear the immutable right of women to choose we would still have this fight. Still, I am committed to fighting against this denial of freedom in Tallahassee and working to provide access to safe and equitable healthcare for women in my community.”
