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Abortion bans in several states allow exemptions for life-threatening health emergencies, but they say mental health crises don't count.

A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren, but he also rejected the Democrat’s request for a preliminary injunction to block the suspension by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

A judge will hear arguments Monday on whether Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren should be reinstated following his suspension by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

More than 100 legal scholars and dozens of former judges, prosecutors, and police chiefs are decrying Gov. Ron DeSantis’ suspension of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren.

Attorneys for abortion clinics and a doctor have asked the Florida Supreme Court to put on hold a new law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Attorneys filed documents contending that a ruling last month by an appeals court allowing the law to be in effect has caused “irreparable harm.”

Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson has started the process that could lead to senators considering the fate of suspended State Attorney Andrew Warren.

An appeals court has allowed Florida’s new 15-week abortion limit to remain in effect and signaled it will overturn a circuit judge’s ruling that would have temporarily blocked the law.

The vice president addressed Democratic state legislators before visiting service members at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.

The request was part of a flurry of legal activity after Leon County Judge John Cooper issued a temporary injunction to block the law and the state filed an appeal, which keeps the ban in place.

Rallies took place across the country in opposition to the U.S. Supreme Court's likely overturn of Roe v. Wade.