![Florida's new six-week abortion ban offers an exception up to 15 weeks for victims of rape, incest or human trafficking, but only if they offer a police report or doctor's note. Most victims, like Melissa Sullivan, do not report rape. If this law had been in place when she was raped, she writes, she would have been forced to birth her rapist's baby. Florida's new six-week abortion ban offers an exception up to 15 weeks for victims of rape, incest or human trafficking, but only if they offer a police report or doctor's note. Most victims, like Melissa Sullivan, do not report rape. If this law had been in place when she was raped, she writes, she would have been forced to birth her rapist's baby.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/A2DGVU4BSZDF5FUJYB7F2JYIEI-1.jpg?w=140)
The six-week abortion ban’s ‘Rape note’ is Florida’s latest insult to survivors like me | Opinion
Florida's new six-week abortion ban offers an exception up to 15 weeks for victims of rape, incest or human trafficking, but only if they offer a police report or doctor's...