Tallahassee, Fla., Aug 3, 2019 / 15:21 pm
The 1st District Court of Appeals in Florida has overturned a circuit court ruling which deemed a 24-hour waiting period requirement unconstitutional, sending the case back to the circuit court for further review.
Denise Harle, legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, praised the ruling, saying "the appeals court was on solid ground to reverse the trial court's decision."
"Abortion is a life-altering decision, and no woman should be rushed or pressured into it," she said in an Aug. 1 statement.
"The appeals court noted evidence from medical experts that the standard of care for significant, non-emergency medical procedures is that they are not and should not be done on a drop-in basis," Harle said. "The court also described evidence of the 'mental health effects and negative outcomes'-including suicide-associated with women who undergo abortions without adequate time to process the serious consequences and come to a place of certainty."