Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When its six-week abortion ban went into effect on May 1, 2024, Florida joined nearly two dozen other U.S. states that ban abortion or greatly restrict it. These laws came into effect after the Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade ended nearly 50 years of the constitutional right to abortion in the United States. Florida health officials in 2023 reported more than 84,000 abortions statewide, including nearly 7,800 from out-of-state residents. Th...