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A Young Victim Of Incest Was Denied An Abortion In Florida And Forced To Travel For Care, Planned Parenthood Said
Synopsis
Florida’s abortion laws ban abortions after six weeks, with no exceptions for rape or incest exceptions. As a result, one middle school incest victim was denied an abortion in Florida in October 2022, and forced to travel hundreds of miles from home to find a doctor who could provide the care she needed.
Anna Betts at BuzzFeed News reported on the dire situation in Florida. Many patients who cannot obtain abortions in the state, and are forced to travel hundreds or even thousands of miles, are survivors of domestic violence, incest, and rape. The consequences of denying the most vulnerable communities abortion care, Anna argues, cannot be understated.
The cruelty of forcing a very young person, who has already survived a horrible case of violence, to give birth, it just takes away their rights to bodily autonomy.
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