Florida Supreme Court allows one of nation’s strictest abortion bans to take effect

Florida’s conservative Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state’s constitution does not protect abortion rights, allowing one of the country’s strictest and most far-reaching abortion bans to take effect on May 1.But in a separate decision, the high court also ruled that an amendment to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution can go on the November ballot, for a vote that could undo the new strict abortion ban in a matter of months.Together, the two rulings will ensure that abortion is a major issue in Florida in the presidential election — with Floridians…