Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 288
       
       
        
       By Senator Polsky
       
       
       
       
       
       30-00459C-25                                           2025288__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to exceptions to the limitation on
    3         termination of pregnancies; amending s. 390.011, F.S.;
    4         revising the definition of the term “fatal fetal
    5         abnormality”; amending s. 390.0111, F.S.; providing
    6         that one physician, rather than two physicians, must
    7         make specified medical determinations for purposes of
    8         specified medical exceptions to the limitation on
    9         termination of pregnancies; revising the criteria of a
   10         specified medical exception; providing an effective
   11         date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 390.011, Florida
   16  Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         390.011 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
   18         (6) “Fatal fetal abnormality” means a terminal condition
   19  that, in reasonable medical judgment, regardless of the
   20  provision of life-saving medical treatment, is incompatible with
   21  prolonged life outside the womb and will result in death upon
   22  birth or shortly imminently thereafter.
   23         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 390.0111, Florida
   24  Statutes, is amended to read:
   25         390.0111 Termination of pregnancies.—
   26         (1) TERMINATION AFTER GESTATIONAL AGE OF 6 WEEKS; WHEN
   27  ALLOWED.—A physician may not knowingly perform or induce a
   28  termination of pregnancy if the physician determines the
   29  gestational age of the fetus is more than 6 weeks unless one of
   30  the following conditions is met:
   31         (a) A physician determines Two physicians certify in
   32  writing that, in reasonable medical judgment, the termination of
   33  the pregnancy is necessary to save or prolong the pregnant
   34  woman’s life or avert a serious risk of substantial and
   35  irreversible physical impairment or morbidity of a major bodily
   36  function of the pregnant woman, including substantial physical
   37  impairment to her fertility other than a psychological
   38  condition.
   39         (b) The physician certifies in writing that, in reasonable
   40  medical judgment, there is a medical necessity for legitimate
   41  emergency medical procedures for termination of the pregnancy to
   42  save the pregnant woman’s life or avert a serious risk of
   43  imminent substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a
   44  major bodily function of the pregnant woman other than a
   45  psychological condition, and another physician is not available
   46  for consultation.
   47         (c) The pregnancy has not progressed to the third trimester
   48  and a physician determines two physicians certify in writing
   49  that, in reasonable medical judgment, the fetus has a fatal
   50  fetal abnormality.
   51         (c)(d) The pregnancy is the result of rape, incest, or
   52  human trafficking and the gestational age of the fetus is not
   53  more than 15 weeks as determined by the physician. At the time
   54  the woman schedules or arrives for her appointment to obtain the
   55  abortion, she must provide a copy of a restraining order, police
   56  report, medical record, or other court order or documentation
   57  providing evidence that she is obtaining the termination of
   58  pregnancy because she is a victim of rape, incest, or human
   59  trafficking. If the woman is 18 years of age or older, the
   60  physician must report any known or suspected human trafficking
   61  to a local law enforcement agency. If the woman is a minor, the
   62  physician must report the incident of rape, incest, or human
   63  trafficking to the central abuse hotline as required by s.
   64  39.201.
   65         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.