Florida Bill Allows Lawsuits Against Abortion Providers

Politico reports:

Florida abortion rights supporters are worried a new proposal that would allow parents to file wrongful death lawsuits in cases involving unborn children is an attempt to target doctors who perform the procedure.

The legislation, HB 651, would change the state’s civil liability law to add the parents of an unborn child to the list of potential survivors associated with a wrongful death lawsuit. It’s brought by state Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka, a Republican from Fort Myers who previously sponsored Florida’s 15-week and six-week bans on abortion.

Persons-Mulicka said the bill is not meant to target abortions and is only intended to help grieving parents hold wrongdoers accountable. But Democratic Rep. Ashley Gantt of Miami filed an amendment to the bill that sought protections for abortion providers that was rejected along party lines.

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