Florida
The entire country is getting involved in the campaign in Florida over abortion
By Max Greenwood, Miami Herald
Florida may no longer be a battleground in the presidential race, but a new political fight over abortion is drawing interest from around the country and taking center stage in the Sunshine State.
Abortion Rights Supporters Won’t Get Their Amendment Passed Without Republican Women Like Audrey McNiff
By Gabby Deutch, Politico
Audrey McNiff, a former partner at Goldman Sachs, is often heading back up north this time of year, flitting between vacation on Martha’s Vineyard and Greenwich, Connecticut, her longtime home.
Florida’s women must be the focus in abortion decisions
By Jaymie Carter, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Last month marked the two-year anniversary since the 2022 Dobbs decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the case that for nearly 50 years protected a patient’s constitutional right to abortion.
Republican women break with party on abortion, gather in Manatee to support Amendment 4
By Jesse Mendoza, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Government interference with abortion rights has galvanized a growing group of Republican women to take a stand against their party and advocate for a new ballot initiative that restricts Florida politicians from meddling in a woman’s right to choose.
Talking ‘el aborto’ with Latino voters to pass pro-abortion measures
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post
“Votando por libertad,” read the flier in Tony Vargas’s hand. Voting for freedom.
In uphill fight to defeat abortion, marijuana measures, DeSantis throws around bold claims
By John Kennedy, Capital Bureau USA Today Network-Florida
With polls showing ballot measures restoring abortion rights in Florida and legalizing recreational marijuana supported by most voters, Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing an uphill fight in his campaign to defeat them this fall.
Revised abortion amendment financial forecast remains unfinished
By Jay Waagmeester, Florida Phoenix
The panel charged with analyzing the financial impact of Florida’s proposed state constitutional abortion amendment struggled Monday to agree on what any litigation arising from it might cost, amid other disputes, and opted to schedule another meeting to continue the debate.
DeSantis, Florida House pay outsiders to influence financial statement on abortion measure
By Ana Goñi-Lessan, Tallahassee Democrat
State officials are collectively paying anti-abortion advocates hundreds of dollars an hour to represent their interests on an obscure government panel in the battle over November’s abortion ballot measure.
Sluggish fundraising continues for Ron DeSantis’ ‘Freedom Fund’ targeting weed, abortion amendments
By A.G. Gancarski, Florida Politics
Gov. Ron DeSantis has touted his Florida Freedom Fund as his vehicle to stop two constitutional amendments from becoming law.
Most abortions performed last year in Florida done after 6 weeks, suggesting impact of new ban
By Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel
About 60% of the abortions performed in Florida last year would be illegal under the state’s new, six-week ban that took effect in May 1, new data shows.
Report shows reduced number of abortions performed in Florida since new law started
Staff Report, News Service of Florida
With a law taking effect May 1 that prevents abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a new report gives an initial picture of the reduced number of abortions being performed in Florida.
Crisis pregnancy centers ‘undermine public health,’ need investigating, congressmen say
By Jay Waagmeester, Florida Phoenix
U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost is calling for a government-led investigation into federal funding for “anti-abortion” centers.
‘That’s the reality’: Marco Rubio backs Donald Trump plan to nix abortion ban from GOP platform
By Jesse Scheckner, Florida Politics
Marco Rubio says he’s fine with Donald Trump removing a long-standing plan to impose a national abortion ban from the GOP platform.
Becerra fears abortion fight is the ‘painful’ start to an erosion of U.S. freedoms
By Michael Wilner, Miami Herald
Xavier Becerra was in Missouri when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago, watching powerlessly as Republicans triggered an immediate, near-total ban on abortion procedures statewide.
Florida records drop in doctor residency applicants post-Roe v. Wade
By Sam Ogozalek, Tampa Bay Times
Ritu Sidgal volunteered at a hospice in California in high school, reading to patients and offering bedside comfort.
Residents sound off on abortion amendment
By Michael D. Bates, Citrus County Chronicle
The abortion issue took up a good chunk of Tuesday’s Citrus County Commission meeting as people from both sides lined up at the speaker’s podium to express their views.
Lt. Gov. Nuñez cites ‘right to life’ in defending ‘Free State of Florida’ signs
By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix
The Florida Department of Transportation announced this week that language proclaiming the “Free State of Florida” has been placed on all welcome signs for motorists entering and departing the Sunshine State.
National
Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections, AP-NORC poll finds
By Christine Fernando and Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press
A solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban as a rising number support access to abortions for any reason, a new poll finds, highlighting a politically perilous situation for candidates who oppose abortion rights as the November election draws closer.
Two years after Roe’s overturn, there are more abortions in America — but they’re harder to get
By Shefali Luthra, The 19th
Two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the number of abortions performed in the country is up.
Republicans move at Trump’s behest to change how they will oppose abortion
By Thomas Beaumont and Christine Fernando, Associated Press
The Republican National Committee moved Monday to adopt a party platform that reflects former President Donald Trump’s position opposing a federal abortion ban and ceding limits to states, omitting the explicit basis for a national ban for the first time in 40 years.
Project 2025 Is Twisting Disability Rights Law to Attack Abortion
By Julia Metraux, Mother Jones
Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s guidebook for Republican control of the presidency and Congress, is, unsurprisingly, coming for abortion rights. But in a new twist, they want to use a key disability rights law to do it.
Our Abortion Stories: ‘Instead of an Immediate Dilation and Curettage, I Was Sent Home to Wait for Nature to Take Its Course’
By Anne Shaw Heinrich, Ms. Magazine
I expected to hear faint thumps, the tiniest of booms.
Abortion rights campaign sues over ‘partisan’ summary of ballot measure to ensure abortion access
By Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror
In a last-ditch effort to oppose the state’s abortion rights ballot measure, Arizona Republicans added “unborn human being” to a description of it that’s set to be included in a voter information pamphlet — and now they’re facing a lawsuit for violating a state law requiring the use of impartial, nonpartisan language.
Letters to the editor
Children, born and unborn
By Jay Custa, Estero, Fort Myers News-Press
The governor of Florida loves children − unborn ones! Judging from his policies and laws, it’s fair to say he’s crazy about them!