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Florida's Republican-dominated legislature on Thursday approved a ban on most abortions after six weeks -- before many women know they are pregnant -- a measure immediately assailed by the White House as "extreme and dangerous."
The bill passed 70 votes to 40 in the state's lower House -- a week after approval in the Senate -- and will be sent to Governor Ron DeSantis for his signature.
It marked the second time in a year that the legislature in the southeastern US state voted to shorten the timeframe for a legal abortion. Last April, DeSantis signed a law reducing the window from 24 weeks to 15 weeks of pregnancy.
