Florida lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2023 approved the six-week abortion limit. But it did not take effect until Wednesday, a month after the Florida Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a 15-week limit passed in 2022. The Supreme Court ruling also allowed the six-week law to move forward.

Florida’s ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even know they are pregnant, goes into effect Wednesday. Some doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care.

Thousands of women have flocked to Florida for abortion care since the fall of Roe v. Wade. For many of them, that will no longer be an option.