Florida doctor faces $10,000 fine, reprimand for not complying with abortion waiting period

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : An Agency for Health Care Administration official informed the clinic of the law's effective date during a May 11, 2022, inspection, and the agency issued a notice on June 9, 2022, about the effective date.
54% : Peterson, in part, wrote that the clinic repeatedly sought information from the state Agency for Health Care Administration about when the waiting-period law would take effect after an April 2022 ruling by a Leon County circuit judge upheld it.
50% : The Agency for Health Care Administration filed a series of cases against clinics after inspecting records about compliance with the law following Dempsey's ruling.
40% : But the Agency for Health Care Administration rejected the recommendation and ordered the clinic to pay a $193,000 fine -- $1,000 for each violation.

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