The board, meeting in Orlando on Friday, instead accepted the judge’s recommendation and fined the physician $10,000 and ordered her to take five hours of continuing medical education. #Florida #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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Some groups are strategizing how to end-run Trump’s campaign pledge not to enact any federal abortion bans — by heavily restricting medication abortion or trying to ban a common abortion procedure. #Florida #Abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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Private health insurers in Colorado will need to cover abortion care beginning in January • Florida Phoenix Private health insurance carriers providing coverage in Colorado will have to fully cover abortion care starting in January 2025 under a law the Colorado Legislature passed in 2023. Senate Bill 23-189 requires private health insurance plans to fully cover the cost of abortions starting in 2025. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed the bill into law as part of […]

“We feel really strongly that reproductive healthcare is just an essential part of any primary and preventative care." #Florida #HealthCare #Abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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Abortion pill use grew between 2017 and 2022; what will happen under the six-week ban? • Florida Phoenix The rate of Floridians getting medicinal abortions fell by nearly four percentage points between 2021 and 2022, but abortion-inducing pills remained the most used method of terminating pregnancies, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows. Out of nearly 80,000 abortions that took place in Florida in 2022 — and of which the method […]

Abortion pill use grew between 2017 and 2022; what will happen under the six-week ban? #Florida #Abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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'I'm not going to change the underlying law, I’m asking them to clarify that women are not going to die." #Florida #Abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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“Unfortunately, we are in a position where even if your state has passed great legislation, the actual, tangible access to medication abortion might be harder." #Florida #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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Health experts outline how Trump administration could affect abortion, contraception access • Florida Phoenix WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has several choices to make in the coming months about whether his second administration will keep access to contraception and abortion as it is now or implement changes. While Trump cannot on his own enact nationwide laws or abortion bans without Congress, he and the people he picks for key […]

Enforcing the Comstock Act would affect access to medication abortion throughout the country, even in states that have reinforced reproductive rights during the last two years. #Florida #Abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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‘We can’t keep spending $550,000 every single year.’ #Florida #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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Amendment 4 debate shrouded by half-truths and misdirection • Florida Phoenix “We should live not by lies; the truth will set us free.” — Gov. Ron DeSantis The contentious battle over Amendment 4 — and what it would do if passed by voters — has been shrouded by half-truths and misdirection by its most strident critic, Gov. Ron DeSantis, but arguably also by those pushing the […]

Chief Justice Carlos Muñiz wrote: “It just doesn’t seem like this [language] is trying to be deceptive.” Additionally, “The people of Florida aren’t stupid. I mean, they can figure this out.” #Florida #Amendment4 #Abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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Tony Dungy joins DeSantis in Clearwater to advocate against Amendment 4 • Florida Phoenix Gov. Ron DeSantis resumed his statewide campaign against bringing recreational cannabis and abortion rights into the Florida Constitution on Tuesday, joined by former NFL coach Tony Dungy in Clearwater to make the case against Amendment 4. That’s the proposed constitutional amendment that would repeal the state’s ban on most abortions after six weeks and restore […]

Tony Dungy joins DeSantis in Clearwater to advocate against Amendment 4 #Florida #Amendment4 #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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'We have 8 days to protect reproductive freedom,' Mucarsel-Powell tells voters • Florida Phoenix Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, the Democratic candidate running against Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, said Monday that Floridians confused about the abortion-rights amendment should talk to their doctors about it. The former South Florida congresswoman also said during a Monday press conference in Tallahassee that she’s not paying attention to polls that place Amendment 4 either below […]

‘We have 8 days to protect reproductive freedom,’ Mucarsel-Powell tells voters #Florida #Amendment4 #Abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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In his order, Judge Walker wrote, “To keep it simple for the state of Florida, it’s the First Amendment, stupid.” #Florida #Amendment4 #Abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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“We are raising the unprecedented and necessary resources to be able to effectively communicate with and mobilize voters so we win on November 5th and end Florida’s extreme abortion ban.” #Florida #Amendment4 #Abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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No single state would be able to accommodate the nearly 100,000 patients that had abortions in Florida in 2023. #Florida #Amendment 4 #Abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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The sponsor of Amendment 4, Floridians Protecting Freedom (FPF), itself flexed support from more than 850 doctors during a press call Tuesday afternoon. #Florida #Amendment4, #2024Elections #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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Abortion doctor fights to keep license as DeSantis administration pushes for revocation • Florida Phoenix The administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to punish a doctor who violated the state’s 24-hour rule on abortion by stripping away her medical license. The push to revoke the license is going forward even though an administrative law judge (ALJ) who looked at the physician’s actions suggested a $10,000 fine and a reprimand. But […]

“This increase in penalty recommendation appears to be motivated by retaliation for Respondent taking the Department to a trial so she could present mitigation to the Judge which, in this case, took an hour.” #Florida #Abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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Election fraud complaints against state officials claim interference with abortion amendment • Florida Phoenix A West Palm Beach attorney lodged a second election fraud complaint accusing a Gov. Ron DeSantis appointee of using his authority to interfere with the vote on the proposed state constitutional amendment that would expand abortion access. Adam Richardson filed the complaint Tuesday with the Florida Department of State. He alleges Erik Dellenback, who leads […]

Election fraud complaints against state officials claim interference with abortion amendment #Florida #Amendment4 #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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'I represent government,' DeSantis appointee says during event against abortion amendment • Florida Phoenix Nearly 100 people gathered at a church in Tallahassee Monday night heard time and again that state, government and the church must stand together to triumph over the proposed amendment that would protect abortion rights in Florida’s Constitution. One of the speakers shepherding that message from the pulpit was Erik Dellenback, who leads the Gov. […]

‘And this was a biblical issue before it was a political issue.’ #Florida #2024Elections #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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She was accused of murder after losing her pregnancy. South Carolina woman now tells her story. • Florida Phoenix Content warning: This story contains details of a pregnancy loss. ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Amari Marsh had just finished her junior year at South Carolina State University in May 2023 when she received a text message from a law enforcement officer. “Sorry it has taken this long for paperwork to come back,” the officer wrote. “But […]

‘Through all of this, I found my strength. I found my voice.’ #Florida #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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More women are seeking sterilizations post-Dobbs, experts say • Florida Phoenix In the months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to an abortion, there was a spike in the number of women seeking sterilizations to prevent pregnancy, a recent study shows. Researchers saw a 3% increase in tubal sterilizations per month between July and December 2022 in states with abortion bans, according […]

“I do think that patients are thinking a lot more about their reproductive life plan now, because there is very little margin.” #Florida #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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Georgia AG appeals ruling overturning state’s six-week abortion ban • Florida Phoenix Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has asked the state Supreme Court to allow Georgia’s six-week abortion ban to be enforced again while the state’s appeal is being considered. The six-week ban was tossed aside Monday when Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert C. I. McBurney ruled that it conflicts with the Georgia Constitution’s privacy and liberty protections. […]

Georgia AG appeals ruling overturning state’s six-week abortion ban #Florida #Georgia #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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Will abortion swing the first post-Roe presidential election? • Florida Phoenix Editor’s note: This five-day series explores the priorities of voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin as they consider the upcoming presidential election. With the outcome expected to be close, these “swing states” may decide the future of the country. Dr. Kristin Lyerly’s placenta detached from her uterus when she was […]

“What we’ve seen in every election since the Dobbs decision is that abortion is at top of mind for voters — and it’s not just helping voters decide who or what to vote for." #Florida #2024Elections #Abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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Tallahassee trial judge promises quick ruling on Amendment 4 website • Florida Phoenix Election season intersected with hurricane season in Leon County on Wednesday. With just weeks to go before Florida voters decide the fate of abortion rights in the state, attorneys squared off remotely before Circuit Judge Jonathan Sjostrom arguing the merits of a state webpage on proposed Amendment 4 that proponents of the initiative want taken […]

‘The election is here and I will do my best to rule quickly …’ #Florida #2024Elections #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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The lawsuit contends that, under the guise of providing “facts” to the public about abortion, the DeSantis administration is using its authority to interfere with an election or influence votes. #Florida #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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“And then, you know, they receive an email to every single provider in the state that almost seems even more threatening. It’s like they’re damned if they do and they’re damned if they don’t provide care.” #Florida #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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'You gotta do it scared:' Meet the students learning to organize for Amendment 4 • Florida Phoenix Florida A&M University senior Lindsey LaRose gleefully greeted her peers as they trickled into the Florida People’s Advocacy Center in Tallahassee on Saturday morning, dancing and giving hugs to those she knew. About half were there because LaRose had convinced them to devote four hours of their weekend to an organizing boot camp intended to […]

"I'm consistently learning and impressed by the knowledge that students are bringing." #florida #2024Elections #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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Report: Florida physicians say abortion restrictions delayed necessary care • Florida Phoenix Florida’s six-week abortion ban, despite its medical exceptions, has led physicians and other health care providers to delay treatment for patients facing life-threatening complications, according to a report from the nonprofit Physicians for Human Rights. For the report, published on Tuesday, 25 OB-GYNs, abortion providers, genetic counselors, and other health care professionals recounted specific instances […]

“There is no other field of medicine where people are like, ‘Oh, sorry, I cannot do your colonoscopy or whatever, because I just cannot.'" #Florida #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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“What I have found is that you can’t expect politicians by and large to do the right thing for the right reason." #Florida #2024Elections #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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Democrats introduce resolution stating U.S. House support for emergency abortion care • Florida Phoenix WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats introduced a resolution Thursday that would clarify when health care providers can use abortion as emergency medical care amid a patchwork of state laws that have led to dozens of stories of women being turned away from emergency departments when experiencing complications or miscarriages. The two-page resolution would express “the sense […]

“Lives are at risk. And despite clear federal law and additional guidance from the Biden administration, states across the country are refusing to treat pregnant women in emergencies.” #Florida #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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At Capitol Hill hearing, Cord Byrd defends probe of potential signature petition fraud • Florida Phoenix Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd on Wednesday defended a statewide investigation into potentially fraudulent signatures used on petitions to help put an abortion rights state constitutional amendment on the November ballot. Testifying as one of six election officials in a hearing held by the House Administration Committee in Washington, Byrd was asked by Hillsborough […]

At Capitol Hill hearing, Cord Byrd defends probe of potential signature petition fraud #Florida #2024Elections #abortionvia @FLPhoenixNews

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