STATE POLICY AT A GLANCE - THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESTRICTIONS

STATE POLICY AT A GLANCE THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESTRICTIONS IN FLORIDA Laws and policies that limit access to reproductive health care have devastating and wide-ranging effects on women’s lives, families, and entire communities. [...] Governor DeSantis subsequently signed a 6-week ban, passed in April 2023, but the implementation of the 6-week ban is contingent upon the outcome of legal challenges to the 15-week restriction.1 Although both the 15- week and 6-week bans are sweeping restrictions, gestational age limitations like these are just one policy tool that lawmakers use to restrict abortion access and reproductive rights. [...] With fewer barriers to abortion access, more women in Florida would participate in the workforce. [...] Note: The Dobbs decision and Florida’s statewide 15-week abortion ban both took effect in July 2022, marking a clear shift toward more stringent reproductive restrictions, therefore the 2022 data uniquely reflect economic data in the context of both Roe v. [...] The 6-week abortion ban in Florida has not yet taken effect and is therefore not reflected in the above data.