Jewish congregation challenges Florida's 15-week abortion ban in court By News Service of Florida on Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 3:29 pm Congregation L’Dor Va-Dor/Facebook Rabbi Barry Silver of Boynton Beach's Congregation L’Dor Va-Dor A South Florida Jewish congregation has challenged a new state law that blocks abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, contending the measure violates privacy and religious-freedom rights. The lawsuit, filed Friday in Leon County circuit court by Congregation L’Dor Va-Dor, seeks to block the law from taking effect July 1. Abortion clinics also filed a lawsuit this month in Leon County challenging the constitutionality of the...