Florida’s 6-week abortion ban is now in effect—here’s how it will impact women’s healthcare

As restrictions take hold in other states, doctors are fleeing, and the fear is that the same will happen in Florida.

Florida’s ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even know they are pregnant, went into effect Wednesday, and some doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care.

Dr. Leah Roberts, a reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist with Boca Fertility in Boca Raton, said the anti-abortion...