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Florida house panel advances bill to require schools to show anti-abortion group’s video in classrooms
Critics say the video is misleading and contains medical inaccuracies
Abortion Rights
Read the latest updates about abortion rights, contraceptive and IUD access, and legislative changes in Orlando and Florida.
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Florida bill would require public schools to show anti-abortion ‘Baby Olivia’ video in classrooms
The mandate is included in a broad education bill that embraces a number of education initiatives Gov. Ron DeSantis has championed
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Democrats file bill to repeal Florida’s six-week abortion ban
Regardless of the preference of the majority of voters, the Republican-led Legislature is unlikely to repeal the six-week ban
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Florida’s abortion ban: What the latest data shows
Florida’s three largest counties by population, Miami-Dade, Broward and Hillsborough, each reported declines of more than 20%
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DeSantis administration launches state-supported pregnancy website
The Legislature appropriated $466,200 to support the project
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Florida Democrat files bill to change six-week abortion ban after mother was forced to watch newborn suffocate
The bill would change the definition of fatal fetal abnormality in the state’s law banning most abortions after six weeks’ gestation
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Orlando doctor fined $10K by Florida Board of Medicine in abortion case
The case stemmed from 193 abortions performed at an Orlando clinic during a two-week period immediately after the waiting-period law took effect
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Florida’s abortion initiative sponsor drops fight over $328K fine in election fraud accusation
The dismissals end the legal fights between the sponsor and the state as Amendment 4 failed to win the required 60% approval
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Orlando Rep. Eskamani co-sponsors bill to better regulate state-funded anti-abortion pregnancy centers
House Bill 63 will be considered during next year’s state legislative session, which begins March 4.
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Abortion-rights organizers in Florida, other states talk failed ballot measures and what’s next
What set the counter-campaign apart in Florida was the DeSantis administration’s tactics in opposing the effort
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Orlando City Council extends $200K grant agreement with anti-abortion charity for affordable housing
The Catholic Charities of Central Florida, which also uses government money to play landlord, recently celebrated the defeat of Florida’s abortion rights measure.
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Florida sees more than 20 percent decline in abortions from this time last year
The drop is likely tied to a new state law that bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
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Planned Parenthood to offer vasectomies at Orlando health clinic
With Florida’s six-week abortion ban likely to stay put, it might be time for smart men to get the (reversible) snip.
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Abortion advocacy group Florida Access Network to host fundraiser and food drive in Orlando
‘Food Justice Is Repro Justice’ aims to celebrate the beauty of collectivism.
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Florida lawmaker wants state to clarify medical exceptions in six-week abortion ban
‘I am focusing purely on medical exceptions. Because we don’t want women in Florida dying’
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Committee that led push for Florida’s abortion amendment will fight state’s $328K fine
Floridians Protecting Freedom on Nov. 1 sent a request to the Department of State for an evidentiary hearing on the fine
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Florida abortion funds have faced a surge in requests for help since May, but their job is about to get even harder
‘Nobody should have to travel out of state for healthcare.’
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‘It was a reaction to the pregnant pigs’: Florida lawmakers recall what led to 60% threshold to pass amendments
Why did the state even create such a high standard?
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Orange County voters overwhelmingly approved Florida’s abortion rights measure, despite failure to pass statewide
If it were up to Orange County voters, Florida’s abortion rights measure would have succeeded.
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Florida voters retain anti-abortion Supreme Court justices
If you’re unhappy with judicial election results, mark your calendar for 2030. And actually vote.