(ZENIT News – Bioethics Obsevatory / Valencia, 02.11.2025).- According to data from the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), abortions in the State of Florida decreased by 28% in 2024.
While, in 2024, 60,755 unborn babies were eliminated, in the year 2023, abortions reached the terrible figure of 84,052.
This decrease is due in principle to the change that took place last April in the laws regarding the voluntary interruption of pregnancy in this state, by which the limit of the number of weeks allowed for abortion was reduced from 15 to 6 weeks. Thus, Florida has become one of the most restrictive states in terms of laws.
It was Governor Ron DeSantis who signed this law, calling abortion “a third-degree felony.”
Last year, 1 in 3 abortions in the Southern U.S. occurred in Florida, according to data from the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization focused on sexual and reproductive health that supports abortion rights.
In 2023, there were about 7,000 abortions a month in Florida, and more than 9,000 people traveled there from other states for abortions throughout the year.
The effect that liberalizing or restrictive legal measures have on certain behaviors is well known.
The legalization of euthanasia or the permissiveness of abortion causes an increase in their practices, both due to the ease of access to them and the “moralizing” effect on the conscience of citizens. They can confuse what is legal with what is ethically permissible, circumstances that do not always coincide.
In this case, the opposite phenomenon is observed: an increase in restrictions on the practice has facilitated the birth of more than 20,000 children in Florida in 2024, compared to those born in 2023.
The exercise of individual freedom must be restricted when its consequences result in harm to third parties (abortion) or to oneself (euthanasia). Respect for human life justifies these restrictions, which make it possible for babies born thanks to them to also exercise their rights.
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