“Did the Heartbeat Bill Nosedive Florida Abortions?” This is Something to Think About 07.16.25
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“Did the Heartbeat Bill Nosedive Florida Abortions?”
Bill Bunkley’s “This Is Something to Think About”
Air Date Wednesday, July 16, 2025
On May 1, 2024, Florida’s heartbeat prohibition became law. That’s when the Florida Supreme Court granted its approval.
According to online stats from the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration, 21,572 abortions were reported this year as of July 1st, which is down from 36,221 abortions for the first six months in 2024.
That’s down 40.4%.
Although this is an encouraging reduction, there are some factors to consider in context.
These statistics are based on numbers that are self-reported by abortion providers themselves, which I have never considered very accurate.
Most unborn babies today are terminated by the dispensing of two dangerous abortion pills, rather than surgical abortions. Many Florida abortions go unreported because abortion pills can be mail-ordered from out of state.
Banning abortion pills would be the real game-changer.
Bill Bunkley is a 19-year veteran Salem Media talk show host based in Tampa. The Bill Bunkley Show airs weekdays from 3 to 6 pm across central Florida. Bill is also President of the Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention (Southern Baptist Convention Churches), among other churches and entities. He has served as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention for the last 29 years at the state capitol in Tallahassee. By the Grace of his Lord Jesus, he is today a cancer survivor diagnosed in 2018 with AML Leukemia, having successfully undergone a bone marrow transplant that same year. His wife is Toni, son is Zac, and they attend Idlewild Baptist Church.
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