The city of St. is located in the northeastern part of the United States The city of St. Pete, Fla. is located in the state of Florida. A synagogue claims in a lawsuit that a new Florida law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks violates religious freedom rights of Jews.
According to Jewish teachings, abortion is required if necessary to protect the health, mental or physical well-being of the woman.
According to the lawsuit, the act prohibits Jewish women from practicing their faith free of government intrusion and it violates their privacy rights.
The lawsuit says that people who don't share the religious views reflected in the act will suffer and that it threatens the Jewish people by imposing the laws of other religions on them.
Clinics are challenging the 15 week abortion limit.
A group of abortion clinics from across Florida launched a legal challenge to block the law from taking effect in July.
The 15-week abortion ban was passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the governor. The law was blocked from taking effect by the lawsuit.
In a previous statement, the office said it was confident that the law would hold up.
The lawsuits are likely to be combined. There is a proposal to block the Florida abortion law.
The law is similar to one passed in Mississippi that is currently before the Supreme Court. By the end of June, there will be a final ruling on the matter.
The name of the synagogue in Florida is L'Dor Va-Dor, which means "Generation to Generation", and Rabbi Barry Silver says it practices "cosmic Judaism" that respects science, tradition and spirituality.
Silver is an attorney, social activist and former Democratic state legislator who likes to call himself a "Rabbi-rouser" on his website. When the separation of religion and government falls, religious minorities such as Jews suffer, according to Silver.
He noted that the law was signed at an evangelical Christian church.
There are exceptions to the new Florida abortion law if the abortion is necessary to save a mother's life or if the fetus has a fatal abnormality. Rape, incest and human trafficking are not allowed for exemptions.
Florida allows abortion up to 24 weeks.
There isn't a single faith that supports abortion issues. Many followers of faiths that do not prohibit abortion are angry that a view held by a small group of Americans could affect their rights and beliefs.
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, scholar in residence at the National Council of Jewish Women, said that the ruling was based on the idea of when life begins.
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