Associated PressMarch 11, 2024
10min0
As some states mull how to clarify — without weakening — their abortion bans, abortion rights advocates continue to challenge the bans with lawsuits.
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Associated PressMarch 11, 2024
Ryan NicolMay 24, 2019
6min429
“The State of Florida should not and cannot violate the legal right to choose."
Ryan RayMarch 9, 2016
6min491
The Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that critics say would curtail women’s access to safe and legal abortions, while supporters say it simply “gets Florida out of the abortion business.” The measure to increase medical requirements on abortion clinics, sponsored by Lakeland Republican Sen. Kelli Stargel, passed 25-15 after nearly half an hour of debate. […]
Diane RobertsJanuary 29, 2016
9min205
OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE – The Legislature’s Banana Republicans will not rest until Florida starts to be like El Salvador, minus the delicious pupusas. Abortion is illegal in El Salvador — no exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the mother. Anyone who has an abortion, anyone who performs an abortion, can be jailed for murder. […]
James CallApril 15, 2015
4min172
Abortion rights opponents and proponents packed a Senate meeting room Wednesday when the Judiciary Committee took up a proposal to mandate a 24-hour waiting period. SB 724 requires a face-to-face meeting between a physician and a woman to discuss the procedure at least 24 hours before it is performed. “When one makes a major decision […]