Events & Volunteer Opportunities
Orlando Repro Kit Party w/Florida Access Network (FAN)
Saturday, March 15th 10:30am-12:30pm EST
First Unitarian Church of Orlando
Click here to register.
Sporties for Aborties Pickleball Tournament w/Emergency Medical Assistance
Saturday, March 15th 2:00pm-6:00pm EST
Palm Beach Gardens
RSVP here.
Crisis Pregnancy Centers 101 w/Planned Parenthood & Progress Florida
Tuesday, March 18th 5:30pm-6:30pm EST
Learn about the nefarious tactics of these locations which look like health centers but are unregulated and staffed by mostly volunteers with no medical training.
Register here.
Pride at the Capitol w/Equality Florida
March 18th-19th
Register here for this important opportunity.
Let Us Live March
Thursday, March 20th beginning around 8:00am
Click here to register.
Self-Managed Abortion Info Session w/Progress Florida & LWV St. Pete
Thursday, March 20th 5:15pm-6:30pm EST
More and more folks across the U.S. are learning about self-managed abortion and pills by mail. Join us to learn how to legally and effectively share this critical and publicly available info.
Click here to register.
Period & Travel Care Kit Packing Party w/Florida Access Network
Saturday, March 22nd 10:00am-12:00pm EST
First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Palm Beaches
Click here to register.
Annual Spring Luncheon w/League of Women Voters Broward County
Sunday, March 23rd 11:30am-2:30pm EST
Reproductive Freedom in Florida: Our Rights & the Fights Ahead
Click here to sign up by 3/9 for early bird prices.
Helping Men Resist Radicalization w/EducateUs
Monday, March 24th 7:30pm-8:30pm EST
Join researchers, advocates, and strategists from Equimundo as we explore better ways to engage men and boys—both in our work and personal lives—to build safer, more connected communities.
Click here to register.
Clinic Defense Training w/Florida Access Network & ARC Southeast
Saturday, March 29th 11:00am-1:00pm EST and Friday, April 4th, 5:00pm-6:00pm EST
Join to discuss the definition of practical support, clinic etiquette, caller engagement, and the importance of mutual aid.
Click here to sign up.
Making Emergency Contraception Accessible on Your Campusw/ASEC
April 2nd 2:00pm-3:00pm EST and April 3rd 2:00pm-3:00pm EST
Register here for April 2nd (Community Colleges) and here for April 3rd (4-Year Colleges)
Women Rise Up St. Pete w/Pinellas County NOW
Saturday, April 5th at 12:00pm EST
Learn more and register for this visibility event here.
Be a partner for upcoming Black Maternal Health Week.
April 11th-17th
Click here for the partner packet on how to support the Central Florida Birth Network.
Spiritual Support and Counseling Online Training w/All Options and Faith Aloud
April 23rd-May 28th
Learn tools & skills to provide open-hearted, compassionate spiritual support to people in their reproductive decisions and experiences.
Learn more here.
News Roundup
Florida
Florida GOP lawmakers look to layer new demands on state’s ballot measures
By John Kennedy, Capital Bureau USA Today Network-Florida
Florida lawmakers are moving forward with new restrictions certain to make it more difficult and costly to get ballot measures before voters.
Committee would ban use of state funds to advocate on ballot measures
By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix
A committee of the Florida Senate approved an amendment to an election bill on Monday that would ban use of state funds to advocate for or against a ballot measure.
Demonstrators use legislative session spotlight to push for abortion rights
By Kenya Cardonne, WTXL Tallahassee
‘Bans off our bodies’ — that was the message sent at a rally outside the Florida Capitol.
Abortion Bans: The Devastating Impact on Fundamental Rights
By Clare Atkinson and Tamar Ezer, Human Rights at Home
Reproductive rights in the United States (U.S.) are no longer secure. With Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court for the first time eliminated a constitutional right. Nationally, sixteen states have a total or near-total ban on abortion care. Florida, where we live, is one of these states.
Palm Beach County schools quietly drop sex education course
By Scott Travis, South Florida Sun Sentinel
A sex education course offered yearly to help students avoid pregnancy, disease and dating violence has been quietly scrapped by the Palm Beach County School District.
State workers’ insurance could cover storing sperm, eggs for cancer patients
By Jeffrey Schweers, Orlando Sentinel
Florida lawmakers are acting to expand state worker healthcare benefits to allow men and women undergoing chemotherapy — treatment that could make them sterile — to store their sperm and eggs for up to three years.
Healing era: Lauren Book’s annual trek for childhood sexual abuse survivors takes a Taylor Swift tone
By Janelle Irwin Taylor, Florida Politics
Former state Sen. Lauren Book will participate in her 10th walk across Florida next month, raising awareness and supporting childhood sexual abuse survivors and for sexual and child abuse prevention.
Bill would give victims of dating violence the same protections as victims of domestic violence
By Margie Menzel, WFSU Tallahassee
A bill that would give victims of dating violence access to the same protections as victims of domestic violence is getting a positive reception in the Legislature.
Late pregnancy loss more common in the South
By Elizabeth Cohen, NBC News
Losing a baby late in pregnancy is more common in the South than in other regions of the United States, according to a new report given exclusively to NBC News.
National
GOP lawmakers push to charge women with homicide for seeking abortions
By Anna Claire Vollers, States Newsroom
As state legislative sessions grind on, conservative lawmakers have filed a new batch of bills that would grant legal rights to fetuses and fertilized embryos.
People are leaving red states over abortion bans, studies find
By Emily Peck, Axios
New evidence confirms that people started fleeing red states after the Supreme Court overturned abortion rights in its 2022 Dobbs ruling.
Risks of state abortion reporting mandates outweigh the benefits, an advocacy group says
By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press
States should stop requiring health providers to file reports on every abortion because the information poses a risk to both them and their patients in the current political environment, a research group that advocates for abortion access says.
The reality of navigating immigration enforcement and abortion bans as a pregnant migrant
By Candice Norwood, The 19th
President Donald Trump’s efforts to significantly restrict immigration have extended the presence of immigration enforcement officers to schools, churches and hospitals.
Trump Wants an Anti-Abortion Extremist to Run the CDC
By Jessica Mason Pieklo, Rewire
Subsequent AP story: Trump administration withdraws CDC director nomination just before Senate hearing
The confirmation hearing for longtime anti-abortion advocate and former Congressman David Weldon to run the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) begins this week, and, wow, that’s a sentence I never thought I’d write.
FDA counsel pick may anger anti-abortion advocates
By Caitlin Owens, Axios
A Justice Department attorney who defended the availability of abortion pills in a high-profile case during the Biden administration will be the Food and Drug Administration’s top lawyer, a choice made by commissioner-designate Marty Makary.
Job Openings
Tampa Bay Abortion Fund is hiring an Executive Director.
$90,000-$100,000/year.
Apply here asap.
ACLU is hiring a Summer Social Media intern.
Stipend available.
Apply here.
Men 4 Choice is hiring a Communications Director.
$70,000-$85,000/year.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
The Florida Youth Leadership Forum is accepting for their July program.
Ages 15-21 with a disability & interest in growing leadership skills.
Apply by 3/21.
APIA Vote is accepting applications for their summer internship.
Apply by 4/1.
Equality Florida & Mukti Fund are hiring a Community Organizing Fellow, Grants Fellow, & Health, Education, and Program Impact fellow.
Learn more here.
The ERA Coalition is hiring Public Policy & Social Media interns.
Class credit available.
Learn more here.
