A strict new abortion law championed by Florida's Republican governor Ron DeSantis came into effect yesterday.

The third most populous state in the US is now prohibiting abortion after just six weeks - a time when most women wouldn't even know they were pregnant. It replaces Florida's previous 15-week ban, which had made it one of the last states in the southern US to still allow the procedure at such a late stage.

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