Florida's Little-Known Law Punishes Abortion Clinics.

Florida regulators have fined more than a dozen abortion providers for violating a decade-old law that requires pregnant patients to wait 24 hours before getting the procedure. The law was approved in 2015 but remained in limbo after the American Civil Liberties Union challenged it. After a judge upheld the law in April, Florida’s abortion regulator, the Agency for Health Care Administration, almost immediately began issuing fines. Abortion-rights advocates say providers were given little chance to prepare for the law, which requires patients to wait 24 hours between clinic visits.