Abortions are now banned in Florida after 15 weeks. Gov. Ron DeSantis has publicly signed into law a 15-week abortion ban that shortens by more than two months the current window available to legally terminate a pregnancy. Within minutes of his office announcing that he had received the bill, approved by the Legislature in March, DeSantis held a bill signing ceremony and rally at an evangelical church in Kissimmee. The new law, which goes into effect July 1, significantly reduces access to late-term abortions in the Southeast — North Carolina will become the only Southern state to permit an abortion after 15 weeks. Republican lawmakers in both the House and Senate had defeated amendments that would have made exceptions for rape, incest, human trafficking and mental health. The only exceptions allowed are cases where the mother is at risk of death, "irreversible physical impairment" or if the fetus has a fatal abnormality. "We're here today to defend those who can't defend themselves," DeSantis said. Click the link in our bio for the full story.