Governor Ron DeSantis Appeals Order Blocking 15-Week Abortion Ban, Pro-Life Law Will Now Save Babies

Less than one week after the Supreme Court upheld a 15-week abortion ban in the state of Mississippi, a Florida judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a 15-week abortion ban Governor DeSantis signed to save babies from abortions.

DeSantis says his administration will appeal a Florida judge’s ruling striking down a pro-life law to save babies from abortions, which could protect as many as 5,000 unborn children a year.

UPDATE: Less than an hour after the judge blocked the ban, Governor Ron DeSantis appealed the order. His appeal automatically nullified the order and the law is now in effect as the case continues. For now, that means that House Bill 5, which DeSantis signed into law in April, remains the law in Florida and can save babies from abortions.

In a 68-page order released Tuesday, Judge John Cooper followed through on his verbal ruling Thursday.

“Without HB 5, women in Florida can obtain abortions for any reason up until fetal viability. With HB 5, women in Florida are unable to obtain an abortion between 15 weeks (from the last menstrual period) and fetal viability unless one of HB 5’s narrow exceptions applies,” Cooper wrote.

“I’m not here to litigate abortion,” Cooper said. “I’m here to litigate the right to privacy in Florida. I’m not here to litigate Roe v. Wade.”… (Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)