“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, and it is really turning a blind eye to what is happening in our society,” Goodhue said.
Because Florida is bordered by states like Georgia and Alabama, which have implanted a total or near total abortion ban since the fall of, the state has seen an influx of predominantly young people and sexual and domestic violence survivors seeking abortion care, Alexandra Mandado, president of Planned Parenthood for the region, said during a virtual press conference on Wednesday.
A Northern Florida OB-GYN also speaking at the conference said that many of the patients who were unable to get abortion care because they were past 15 weeks pregnant were young or experiencing intimate partner violence. “We are seeing this restriction have profound and terrible effects for some families in the most desperate of situations,” Dr. Shelly Tien said. “To not be able to provide that service because of the restriction for a patient in such a terrible and violent situation is horrible.
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