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Tuesday, October 25th, 2022

A Young Victim Of Incest Was Denied An Abortion In Florida And Forced To Travel For Care, Planned Parenthood Said

Author:     Anna Betts
Source:     BuzzFeed
Publication Date:     October 13, 2022, 1:35 pm
 Link: A Young Victim Of Incest Was Denied An Abortion In Florida And Forced To Travel For Care, Planned Parenthood Said
Stephan:   I see stories like this one, two or three a day, every day. So often the media has begun to treat this as the new normal. It was entirely predictable with the overturn of Roe by the Dobbs decision, and the immediate rush by Republicans to pass laws at the state level controlling a woman's body. What I don't understand is how a woman, any woman, can be a Republican.
A woman waits for her appointment to receive an abortion at a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 14. Credit: Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty 

A child who was the victim of incest was denied an abortion in Florida since the state instituted its 15-week ban in July, the local Planned Parenthood chapter told BuzzFeed News.

The GOP-controlled state legislature allowed exceptions to the 15-week ban in order to save the pregnant person’s life, prevent a serious injury, or if the fetus has a fatal abnormality. There are no exceptions for rape or incest, and violators of the law could face up to five years in prison.

Laura Goodhue, vice president of public policy for Planned Parenthood of South, East, and North Florida, did not disclose the patient’s exact age or the state they traveled to receive an abortion, but she told BuzzFeed News they were in middle school. Goodhue had initially said another middle schooler who experienced incest was denied an abortion in Florida, then on Thursday clarified to BuzzFeed News that […]

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