Associated PressNovember 13, 2024
'As the world has become scarier and scarier, we realized we didn’t want to bring a child into that environment.'
Tag: Birth control
Associated PressNovember 13, 2024
Gabrielle RussonSeptember 18, 2024
Doctors say women’s health — and maybe even birth control access — is at stake with Amendment 4 vote
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Several doctors spoke out Wednesday in favor of Amendment 4.
Jacob OglesFebruary 5, 2024
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The Democratic Senate candidate said the Republican's record on reproductive rights speaks for itself.
Associated PressSeptember 27, 2022
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Some patients are fearful because some new abortion laws don’t include exceptions for sexual assault.
Associated PressJuly 11, 2022
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Advocates hope it will be the first of many.
Christine Jordan SextonMarch 16, 2022
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Republicans passed abortion restrictions and birth control funding for low income women.
Christine Jordan SextonMarch 10, 2022
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Senate President Wilton Simpson on Wednesday put $2 million in funding to help low-income women obtain what’s known as Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC), birth control options that don’t have to be taken daily to work. This is the second time in as many years that Simpson, who calls himself a “pro-life Republican,” has included funding […]
Wire ServicesJune 3, 2021
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The money aimed to increase access to long-acting reversible contraception.
Jim RosicaFebruary 7, 2018
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A Senate bill to bar the use of steroids in racing greyhounds cleared another committee Wednesday, as a poison-pill amendment was withdrawn at the last minute. The measure (SB 674) was approved by the Agriculture Committee on a 8-1 vote, with only Delray Beach Democrat Kevin Rader opposed. Rader filed and withdrew an amendment that would have allowed […]
Jim RosicaFebruary 6, 20185min381
One Senate bill aims to ban giving any steroids to racing dogs. Another would allow steroids for canine birth control. Now, the sponsor of the second bill is essentially trying to copy-paste his bill on the first. On Tuesday afternoon, Delray Beach Democrat Kevin Rader filed an amendment on Tampa Republican Dana Young‘s steroid ban […]