Two Young Incest Victims Denied Abortions In Florida

Buzzfeed News reports:

At least two children who were victims of incest have been denied abortions 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.

“We’ve had at least two young people that were survivors of incest that were past the 15-week mark that we had to send to another state,” Laura Goodhue, vice president of public policy for Planned Parenthood of South, East, and North Florida, told BuzzFeed News.

Read the full article. One of the victims is reportedly in middle school. The other was identified as a “young teenager.”

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