Florida
Something Funny Is Going On With the Campaign Against Florida’s Abortion Initiative
By Ansev Demirhan, Slate
In one of the most important nonpresidential decisions voters will face this November, Floridians will consider an abortion access ballot initiative.
Amendment 4 sponsor is taking dispute over the state’s financial analysis to FL Supreme Court
By Jackie Llanos
Florida Phoenix
The sponsor of the proposed abortion-rights amendment to the Florida Constitution asked the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday to toss out a state panel’s financial analysis of the measure.
Related: Florida abortion amendment: Financial statement fight heads to state Supreme Court
Amendment 4: Appeals court dismisses lawsuit over state panel’s financial analysis
By Jackie Llanos, Florida Phoenix
A state appeal court has effectively blocked a challenge to a financial-impact statement for Amendment 4, which would prevent state interference in abortion rights, despite a complaint that a committee of state economists who drafted the analysis was stacked with abortion opponents.
Kamala Harris could boost Florida’s abortion rights measure
By Alexandra Glorioso, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Now that Vice President Kamala Harris is looking more and more likely to get the Democratic nomination for president, the campaign for Florida’s abortion-rights ballot initiative is coming into sharper focus.
South Florida young men join abortion rights fight through 10-week course
By Joe Gorchow, CBS Miami
South Florida men can now join a training program that aims to get them on the front lines in the contentious fight for abortion rights.
Push for Amendment 4 intensifies in Florida following Supreme Court abortion rulings
By Layron Livingston, WPLG Miami
The battle over abortion rights in Florida is heating up after recent Supreme Court decisions drastically curtailed access to abortion.
When it comes to abortion rights, there’s too much voting in ‘free state of Florida’
By Frank Cerabino, Palm Beach Post
Gov. Ron DeSantis has a Florida voter problem. There’s too much inconvenient voting happening around him, especially when it comes to abortion rights for women.
Religious groups in Florida share stance on Amendment 4
By Hayley Crombleholme , WESH Orlando
Religious groups across Florida are gearing up for November and the outcome of Amendment 4, an amendment that would enshrine abortion access in the Florida Constitution.
Organizations see changes after 6-week abortion ban in Florida
By Hayley Crombleholme , WESH Orlando
The abortion landscape could change in Florida come November if an amendment to enshrine abortion access is passed. Sixty percent approval from voters would be needed for that to happen.
IVF wars continue in race between Rick Scott, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
By A.G. Gancarski, Florida Politics
Reproductive rights continue to be a potent part of the Rick Scott re-election campaign, as a new bill and a sharp rejoinder from his likely General Election opponent show.
Passing amendments does not guarantee reproductive choice for Floridians
By Christina Diamond, Tallahassee Democrat
Floridians are angry. We have been angry since the overturning of Roe v. Wade two years ago and more outraged since our Republican-controlled state legislature subsequently passed a six-week abortion ban.
Florida Planned Parenthood PAC endorses five in Senate races and 51 in the House
By Jackie Llanos, Florida Phoenix
The Florida Planned Parenthood PAC announced its first round of endorsements for the state Legislature Monday, saying those candidates would fight attacks on Floridians’ reproductive freedom.
Related: Planned Parenthood Action Fund supports Kamala Harris for President
Man protesting outside Orlando abortion clinic arrested for spitting on patient escort
By McKenna Schueler, Orlando Weekly
A middle-aged man from Melbourne will head to court next month after spitting on a pro-choice volunteer outside of an Orlando abortion clinic in May.
National
Biggest US abortion rights groups back Kamala Harris as effective messenger
By Carter Sherman, The Guardian
The biggest abortion rights groups in US politics are lining up behind Kamala Harris’s bid for president, a show of faith in a politician who has already become the face of the White House’s fight over abortion rights – which is not only one of the election’s biggest issues but one of the few where Democrats have the advantage.
Rhetoric versus reality: Addressing common misconceptions about abortion
By Sofia Resnick, States Newsroom
Reproductive rights has taken center stage in the first post-Roe presidential election that presently features a longtime advocate for reproductive rights in possible Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, opposite former Republican President Donald Trump, whose three appointed U.S. Supreme Court justices helped overturn federal abortion rights.
Related: Political rhetoric about third trimester abortion is misleading, experts say
The Anti-Abortion Movement Wants to Replace Emergency Abortions With Riskier Procedures
By Kylie Cheung, Jezebel
In June, the Supreme Court ruled that, for now, Idaho doctors can perform stabilizing emergency abortion care in Moyle v. U.S. However, the justices ultimately sent the case back to the U.S. 9th Circuit of Appeals, where litigation is ongoing.
JD Vance said in 2022 he ‘would like abortion to be illegal nationally’
By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN
Former President Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, said two-and-a-half years ago he was open to a national abortion ban, a stark contrast to comments he made this week where the Ohio senator said he adhered to Trump’s view that abortion should be a state issue.
Conspicuously absent from Republican convention was any mention of abortion
By Carter Sherman, The Guardian
When he took the stage four years ago at the 2020 Republican national convention, Donald Trump made sure to rail against Democrats over their support for abortion rights.
Letters to the editor
Abortion referendum matters, no matter the cost
By Charles Lang Orlando, Orlando Sentinel
I read with interest the view about Amendment 4 and the need for adjustment (“Revised ‘statement’ on Florida abortion referendum called ‘dirty trick to mislead voters,’” July 16). The concern seemed to be, if passed, a number of lawsuits would occur and cost the state of Florida. Yes, this will probably happen. But I am a fiscal conservative…As a retired teacher, I’m asking all parties to really ponder the expense of unwanted children. Too often what we have learned from history is that we have learned nothing from history.
An Amendment 4 trick
By Becca Bryan Oakland Park, Orlando Sentinel
Excerpt: The cries by Amendment 4’s opponents to not pass it because it could cause costly lawsuits is just another dirty and dramatic trick to fool the people, who are not as daft as abortion-rights opponents may believe.
John Labriola’s misinformation on Amendment 4
By Eileen Schweitzer, Citrus County Chronicle
I am deeply concerned about John Labriola, who represents the Christian Family Coalition…He is quoted as saying that Amendment 4 “allows doctors to perform abortions after a child is born.” No sir, you are wrong. It is a physical impossibility to abort a child after it is born. Terminating the life of a child after it is born is called murder under the laws here in the United States. If you are going to talk about abortion, especially in a public forum, you should get your facts straight and stop spreading misinformation.