Disputes over viability are dividing abortion-rights groups and complicating ballot measure efforts

Citynews | Jan. 16, 2024, 12:13 p.m. | Original

FILE - People rally in support of abortion rights, July 2, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. A divide between abortion rights activists over whether to include restrictions related to the viability of the fetus on planned state ballot measures is roiling the movement. The conflict has been especially divisive in Missouri, where conflicting strategies are complicating efforts to push ahead with a ballot measure in a state with one of the nation's strictest abortion bans. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

By Christine Fernando And Summer Ballentine, The Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In a story published January 16, 2024, The Associated Press reported that Florida has a six-week abortion ban. The story should have made clear that the ban will take effect if the state supreme court upholds a previously passed 15-week ban.

Christine Fernando And Summer Ballentine, The Associated Press

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