{"id":119139,"date":"2024-01-23T01:41:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T01:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/23\/of-course-florida-republicans-want-to-make-it-easier-to-sue-doctors-who-perform-abortions\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T01:41:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T01:41:14","slug":"of-course-florida-republicans-want-to-make-it-easier-to-sue-doctors-who-perform-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/23\/of-course-florida-republicans-want-to-make-it-easier-to-sue-doctors-who-perform-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Course Florida Republicans Want to Make It Easier to Sue Doctors Who Perform Abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\">Florida Republicans made their emotions about reproductive freedom fairly apparent final April after they handed a invoice <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/florida-abortion-ban-approved-c9c53311a0b2426adc4b8d0b463edad1#:~:text=April%2014%2C%202023-,TALLAHASSEE%2C%20Fla.,after%20six%20weeks%20of%20pregnancy.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">banning abortions<\/a> after six weeks of being pregnant. But in case their place on abortion wasn\u2019t completely clear, they\u2019re now making an attempt to make it simpler to sue docs who carry out the medical process.<\/p>\n<p>Abortion advocates are deeply involved in regards to the ramifications of HB 651, laws that will let mother and father file civil lawsuits for the wrongful demise of an \u201cunborn child,\u201d in response to stories by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/01\/19\/florida-abortion-new-proposal-wrongful-death-lawsuits-00136651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> and the <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2024\/01\/18\/florida-considers-allowing-lawsuits-for-wrongful-death-of-unborn-child\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2024\/01\/18\/florida-considers-allowing-lawsuits-for-wrongful-death-of-unborn-child\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2024\/01\/18\/florida-considers-allowing-lawsuits-for-wrongful-death-of-unborn-child\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Orlando Sentinel<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em> While supporters of the invoice insist it isn&#8217;t about proscribing abortion, critics should not shopping for it, and it\u2019s not arduous to see why: Democratic consultant <strong>Ashley Gantt<\/strong> filed an modification to the proposed invoice that will have protected abortion suppliers, and it was rejected by Republicans. \u201cWe\u2019ve now heard from both of the bill sponsors that this isn\u2019t about abortion; however, two things happened,\u201d <strong>Laura Goodhue,<\/strong> government director of the Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates, stated final week, per the <em>Orlando Sentinel.<\/em> \u201cOne, they didn\u2019t accept an amendment to clarify that, and you also had opposition testimony, clearly stating that this should be a path to personhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cThis bill\u2026is a thinly veiled attempt to allow men to sue women and doctors in cases of wanted and needed abortion care,\u201d <strong>Lauren Book,<\/strong> the Democratic chief of the Florida Senate, advised Politico. \u201cIt\u2019s dangerous, wrong, and yet another instance of state overreach to control women and take away their rights and freedoms.\u201d Republicans in Florida\u2019s Senate have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/florida-republicans-wrongful-death-lawsuits-abortions-1234940533\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launched<\/a> laws much like HB 651; that invoice is being sponsored by State Senator <strong>Erin Grall,<\/strong> who, not coincidentally, additionally <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.eringrall.com\/post\/florida-senate-passes-six-week-abortion-ban\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.eringrall.com\/post\/florida-senate-passes-six-week-abortion-ban&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eringrall.com\/post\/florida-senate-passes-six-week-abortion-ban\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sponsored<\/a> Florida\u2019s six-week abortion ban. (Fun truth: Grall <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.eringrall.com\/post\/florida-senate-passes-six-week-abortion-ban\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.eringrall.com\/post\/florida-senate-passes-six-week-abortion-ban&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eringrall.com\/post\/florida-senate-passes-six-week-abortion-ban\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">known as<\/a> the ban a compromise due to its exceptions <em>for rape and incest.<\/em> \u201cThe termination of life, period, meets the definition of murder,\u201d she stated final 12 months.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">As <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/florida-republicans-wrongful-death-lawsuits-abortions-1234940533\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> earlier this month, the antiabortion group Florida Family Action has <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/myfloridahouse.gov\/LD\/default.aspx?bn=0651&amp;lyi=11&amp;search=1#search\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/myfloridahouse.gov\/LD\/default.aspx?bn=0651&amp;lyi=11&amp;search=1#search&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/myfloridahouse.gov\/LD\/default.aspx?bn=0651&amp;lyi=11&amp;search=1#search\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">advocated<\/a> for the laws, which Democratic state consultant <strong>Anna Eskamani<\/strong> has stated \u201cwill open up the door for abusers to go after their partners who seek abortion care, will push more doctors out of their professions, and create a legal framework that will absolutely be used to target pregnant people and their loved ones.\u201d As <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> famous, that\u2019s already been the case in different states:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"BlockquoteEmbedWrapper-sc-SdiGL kMAUQf paywall blockquote-embed\">\n<div class=\"BlockquoteEmbedContent-esRbGs fyBRiV blockquote-embed__content\">\n<p>In\u00a0Alabama\u00a0and\u00a0Arizona, males have sued their ex-partners\u2019 docs for wrongful demise after the docs supplied authorized abortions to these ladies. (The Alabama lawsuit was in the end dismissed; the Arizona case is ongoing.) In Texas, a person named <strong>Marcus Silva<\/strong> is at the moment\u00a0suing three of his ex-wife\u2019s associates\u00a0for wrongful demise, alleging they helped her acquire capsules to terminate her undesirable being pregnant. Silva is searching for $1 million in damages from every lady. In textual content messages launched as a part of that case, he allegedly\u00a0promised to drop\u00a0the lawsuit if his ex-wife had intercourse with him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cThere\u2019s two issues here,\u201d <strong>Dana Sussman,<\/strong> deputy government director of the advocacy group Pregnancy Justice, advised <em>Rolling Stone.<\/em> \u201cOne is the slippery slope that we\u2019ve seen play out that normalizes the idea of an unborn child, or fetus, or fertilized egg, or embryo as an entity for which you can attach rights. The second issue is the bill would create an opportunity for another person\u2014the other partner\u2014to make an argument that he has the legal standing to sue over a pregnancy outcome. It just takes someone who\u2019s willing to try that legal theory out\u2014and as we\u2019ve seen, judges accept rogue arguments.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Florida Republicans made their emotions about reproductive freedom fairly apparent final April after they handed a invoice banning abortions after six weeks of being pregnant. But in case their place on abortion wasn\u2019t completely clear, they\u2019re now making an attempt to make it simpler to sue docs who carry out the medical process. 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