Faith-based groups are suing Florida over its 15-week abortion ban — the new abortion law's third legal challenge. The lawsuit argues that the ban violates the freedom of speech, free exercise of religion and the separation of Church and State.
This lawsuit follows one filed in Leon County Circuit Court June by a South Florida Jewish congregation that also argues the new law, which provides no exceptions for rape and incest, violates rights to privacy and religion. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP PhotoTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A collection of faith groups is suing Florida over its 15-week abortion ban, the third legal challenge to the state’s controversial new abortion law.
“The relationship between clergy and their congregants has, until now, been protected, revered, and respected as sacrosanct and inviolable,” reads the lawsuit.
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