Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed legislation passed by the state legislature earlier this year that requires doctors to receive written notarized consent from the parents or guardians of minor girls before performing abortion procedures.
The new law is slated to take effect on the first of July, but includes provisions like permitting a physician to perform an abortion in the case of a medical emergency, and allowing minor girls to petition a circuit court.
The bill ratchets up the penalty for failing to properly attend to an infant born alive during an attempted abortion to a third-degree felony, according to a Florida Senate press release.
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