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Orlando abortion clinic hit with $193K fine over waiting period law
The massive judgment ‘would likely force the Center of Orlando for Women into bankruptcy or closure’
Abortion Rights
Read the latest updates about abortion rights, contraceptive and IUD access, and legislative changes in Orlando and Florida.
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Eskamani warns anti-choice activists are ‘stalking’ advocates of Florida’s abortion rights ballot initiative
Website reports precisely where pro-choice petitions are being gathered, so anti-choice petition gatherers can show up
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Activists trying to get abortion on Florida’s 2024 ballot have raised nearly $5 million
The Floridians Protecting Freedom committee will need to submit at least 891,523 valid petition signatures to get on the ballot
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Supreme Court to hear case that could determine whether a privacy clause in the Florida Constitution will protect abortion rights
The outcome of the case also will affect a law passed this year that would bar abortions after six weeks of pregnancy
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New pregnancy care center in Kissimmee aims to offer ‘choices’ – just not abortion
The nonprofit plans to open its new anti-abortion pregnancy center less than a mile from a Planned Parenthood clinic.
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Leveraging the moment: Florida Rep. Eskamani organizes rally and canvass to get abortion access on the ballot
The event falls on the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade
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Advocates have gathered over 100,000 petitions to get abortion access on Florida’s 2024 ballot
Amy Weintraub, reproductive rights program director for Progress Florida, says the campaign has exceeded expectations in petitions gathered so far
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An Orlando doctor gives anti-choice activists a way to more easily and thoroughly harass abortion clinic clients
Letting the pro-life camp in the private driveway and parking lot he shares with the women’s center gives them unfettered access to vulnerable patients
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Florida abortion rights groups launch campaign for constitutional amendment
Spearheaded by Floridians Protecting Freedom, the proposal seeks to ensure abortion rights up to fetal viability
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Florida group proposes constitutional amendment protecting right to abortion
Floridians Protecting Freedom will begin a ballot initiative campaign next week
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Orlando abortion clinic escorts stand guard as Florida’s six-week ban looms
With reproductive rights under attack, one volunteer group has committed itself to standing up to anti-choice propaganda outside an Orlando abortion clinic
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Gov. DeSantis signs Florida’s six-week abortion ban into law
Whether the limit takes effect will be determined by how the Florida Supreme Court decides a challenge to last year’s 15-week law
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Florida’s six-week abortion ban passes in House, heads to Gov. DeSantis
Moving forward with the six-week limit, however, is contingent on the outcome of a pending Supreme Court case
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Orlando abortion clinic faces fines over 24-hour waiting period law
The case centers on a waiting-period law that passed in 2015 but did not go into effect until April 25, 2022
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Bill to ban abortion after six weeks advances in Florida Senate
The bill will now go to the House, where it is expected to pass
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Office of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody says abortion legal precedents are ‘clearly erroneous’
Lawyers in Moody’s office filed a 67-page brief arguing that justices should uphold a 2022 law that prevents abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy
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‘This is an attack’: Florida’s extreme abortion ban will likely pass the Senate Thursday
The six-week ban is contingent on a constitutional challenge to Florida’s current 15-week ban
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Proposal to ban abortion at six weeks in Florida advances, amid emotional debate
The Senate Health Policy Committee approved the measure, after lengthy and often-emotional testimony and debate
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Florida’s six-week abortion ban bill gets its first hearing this week
The debate will come after lawmakers last year passed a measure to prevent abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy
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Florida Republicans file extreme 6-week abortion ban proposal
‘A few dozen extremist politicians in Tallahassee who have never had to experience this situation, and who never will.’