The Republican-led Senate voted 23–15 in favor of the bill, H.B. 5, on Thursday evening, which will make abortions illegal in Florida after a child is determined to have been conceived at least 15 weeks prior. The legislation anticipates a possible Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade later this year.

The bill includes exceptions in two cases: first, when "the termination of the pregnancy is necessary to save the pregnant woman's life or avert a serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman other than a psychological condition;" and second, when a baby is considered to have suffered a "fatal fetal abnormality," which the bill describes as "a terminal condition that, in reasonable medical judgment, regardless of the provision of life-saving medical treatment, is incompatible with life outside the womb and will result in death upon birth or imminently thereafter."

On Wednesday, Republicans voted down an amendment to the bill which would extend the exceptional cases to include incest, rape, and human trafficking.

Bill sponsor Sen. Kelli Stargel defended the decision not to include rape and incest as exceptions to the rule, stating that a child should not "be killed because of the circumstances in which it was conceived"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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