In an interview this week, Governor DeSantis claims felony penalties
in Florida’s abortion ban only criminalize doctors– not patients
Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book today filed a bill to prevent pregnant women, girls, and sexual assault survivors from being criminally charged and imprisoned for obtaining abortion healthcare — after Governor DeSantis this week claimed felony criminal penalties only apply to healthcare providers, not women, saying: “We have no criminal penalties, the penalties are for the physician…that is for the providers, it’s not for the women.” Leader Book’s “glitch bill” capitalizes on the Governor’s interpretation of this cruel and dangerous ban by clarifying and correcting Florida law
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