Medical board rebuffs Gov. DeSantis administration’s push to revoke abortion doc’s medical license
Members of the state’s medical regulatory board have rejected a push by the Gov. Ron DeSantis administration to revoke a doctor’s medical license for providing 193 abortions without adhering to a 24-hour waiting period requirement.
Dr. Candace Cooley was charged with a single violation of “failing to perform any statutory or legal obligation placed upon a licensed physician” stemming from abortions she performed between April 25, 2022, when the 24-hour waiting period went into effect, and that May 7. The waiting period is one of the mandated informed consent requirements in Florida’s abortion laws.
An administrative law Judge concluded the state could not discipline Cooley on charges not all...
