This year, we faced attacks on health care from all directions in the legislature. We saw attempts to limit minors’ access to STI treatment, birth control, and even suicide prevention services, an attempt to rewrite the law to treat embryos the same as living children, putting emergency care, abortion, and IVF in jeopardy, and efforts to indoctrinate students with anti-abortion propaganda while defunding their ability to get involved in political and social activism.We fought these attacks in coalition with one another, from in-person testimony to social media activism, grassroots calls, emails, and in-district actions, we made our voices heard. And it worked.This legislative session, we successfully prevented EVERY anti-reproductive freedom and anti-LGBTQ+ bill from passing.Right here in Florida, with leadership from so many of you reading this, we held the line and told lawmakers: the people of Florida should have the freedom to make decisions about our bodies, families, and futures, without interference from politicians.Thank you for being part of this worthy fight and sharing in these victories.
Events & Volunteer Opportunities
DIY Zines and Chill w/Florida Access Network
Friday, May 9th 7:00pm-9:00pm EST
Orlando
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In this together Tuesday: Mother Mortality w/Planned Parenthood
Tuesday, May 13th 5:30pm-6:30pm EST
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How all Politics Became Reproductive Politics Study Group w/National Women’s Liberation
Tuesday, May 13th 7:30pm-9:30pm EST
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Florida Statewide Organizing Call w/Planned Parenthood
Wednesday, May 14th 6:00pm-7:00pm EST
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Repro Kit Party w/Florida Access Network
Thursday, May 15th 5:00pm-7:00pm EST
First Unitarian Church of Orlando
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A Night Under the Superstars w/Tampa Bay Abortion Fund
Friday, May 16th 7:00pm-10:00pm EST
Tampa
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Hands Off Mamas Virtual Teach In
Tuesday, May 20th at 3:30pm EST
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Free Legal Name Change Clinic w/Gender Advancement Project
Thursday, May 22nd 6:00pm-8:00pm EST
Stafford House, Orlando
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Miami Town Hall Meeting w/Power U
Saturday, May 24th 1:00pm-4:00pm EST
Miami
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News Roundup
Florida
Florida’s GOP Legislature cracks down on ballot measures after near-misses on pot, abortion
By Gary Fineout, Politico
Months after voters narrowly rejected ballot initiatives on abortion and marijuana, Florida has a new law that that may shut down future petition drives in the nation’s third-largest state.One year later: The local impacts of Florida’s six-week abortion ban
By Brooke Chau, WPTV West Palm Beach
On May 1, 2024 the Florida 15-week abortion law turned into a six-week abortion ban.OB-GYNs discuss impact of abortion restrictions in South Florida
By Marissa Bragg, NBC Miami
The window of time women have access to abortion care in Florida changed overnight one year ago.The local impacts of Florida’s 6-week abortion ban (video)
Staff Report, WFLX West Palm Beach
On May 1, 2024 the Florida 15-week abortion law turned into a six-week abortion ban.How midwives are navigating Florida’s changed abortion landscape (video)
Staff Report, WUFT Gainesville
A year after Florida’s six-week abortion ban took effect, midwives are still adapting to changing political attitudes concerning reproductive health care.Facing an unintended pregnancy? Here’s what you need to know
By Jodi Wilkof, Tallahassee Democrat
Recently, this newspaper published an article, “Number of abortions in Florida dropped more than any other state last year, new data shows.”A stronger Florida starts with healthy moms and babies
By Dawn Steward, Orlando Sentinel
As a longtime advocate for maternal and infant health in Florida, I’ve seen firsthand how early support can change the trajectory of a child’s life.Planned Parenthood offering free, discounted birth control in Southwest Florida
By Liz Freeman, Naples Daily News
Planned Parenthood centers in Naples and Fort Myers have you covered.National
The anti-abortion movement readies its gameplan for Trump 2.0
By Alice Miranda Ollstein, Politico
The nation’s most influential anti-abortion groups have a new plan to roll back access to the procedure for millions of Americans in what they’re calling the “biggest opportunity for the pro-life movement” since toppling Roe v. Wade.The Rise of Abortion ‘Abolitionists’
By Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day
It was only a week ago that I warned the anti-abortion movement was in cahoots with the FDA on a plan to restrict abortion medication:Repro red flags: Trump’s first 100 days
Staff Report, Center for Reproductive Rights
In just 100 days in office, President Trump has taken unprecedented action to restrict access to reproductive health care in the United States and around the world.Trump will defend Biden’s abortion pill rules in Texas case
By Alice Miranda Ollstein, CNN
The Trump administration is defending federal regulations allowing abortion pills to be available online and by mail, the Justice Department revealed on Monday.No, Trump Isn’t ‘Defending’ Mifepristone
By Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day
I was just about to hit send on today’s newsletter when I saw some genuinely surprising news: that Trump’s Department of Justice is supposedly “defending” mifepristone against a lawsuit brought by three Republican attorneys general. (Don’t get too excited, I’ll explain.)Despite Historic Indictment, Doctors Will Keep Mailing Abortion Pills Across State Lines
By Rosemary Westwood, NPR
When the news broke on Jan. 31 that a New York physician had been indicted for shipping abortion medications to a woman in Louisiana, it stoked fear across the network of doctors and medical clinics who engage in similar work.Abortion Bans Are Disproportionately Hurting LGBTQ+ People
By Alanna Vagianos, HuffPost
Abortion bans and restrictions are disproportionately hurting LGBTQ+ people — making it harder for them to access a wide range of care compared to non-LGBTQ+ people.US maternal death rate rose slightly last year, health officials say
By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press
More U.S. women died around the time of childbirth last year, reversing two years of decline, according to provisional data posted Wednesday.Once-fringe activists are fighting to be the voice of the anti-abortion movement
By Odette Yousef, NPR
On a chilly March morning, Jason Storms stood on a patch of lawn across from a women’s health clinic in Greenville, S.C.
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