House To Take Up Controversial Abortion Waiting Period Bill
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MIAMI (CBSMiami/NSF) -- The House is set to take up a controversial bill on Tuesday that would make women wait 24 hours before getting an abortion.
The bill (HB 633), filed by Rep. Jennifer Sullivan, R-Mount Dora, is the major piece of abortion legislation moving in the Capitol this year.
Three House panels have approved the bill in party-line votes, with Republicans in favor and Democrats opposed.
Meanwhile, the Senate version (SB 724), filed by Sen. Anitere Flores, R-Miami, will be heard Monday afternoon in the Senate Fiscal Policy Committee. If approved, the bill will be ready to go to the full Senate.
(The News Service of Florida's Margie Menzel contributed to this report.)
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