Last week a devastating opinion impacting the judicial bypass process in Florida was released. This process, though deeply flawed and challenging, provided a pathway for minors in Florida to have an abortion if they couldn’t involve a parent or guardian in their decision. Now, this option is severely limited and largely inaccessible. Read the statement from Human Rights Watch for more information.
Advocates with The Jane Network are working overtime to support minors with free legal support. Making young people who cannot safely include a parent in their abortion decision choose between having the abortion they want and their safety and wellness is a cruel use of state power. Please help us support The Jane Network by sharing their website, donating, helping to recruit more lawyers, and ensuring they are a resource Floridians know about.
Now more than ever, abortion funds need our help too. Restrictions on abortion lead to increased costs for care, from transportation to lodging to the cost of the actual appointment, and abortion funds make it possible for people to be supported both emotionally and financially. Click here to split a donation between Florida’s funds.
Call to Action: Send a Sex Ed Guide to your School Board
Every young person deserves sex education. You can help make sure they get it. Join advocates across the country in sending the EducateUS Sex Ed 101 Guide to your local school board members to tell them you need them to champion sex ed in your district!
1. Fill out the simple online form to send the Sex Ed 101 Guide to your school board members.
2. Share the call to action on Facebook and Instagram.
Events & Volunteer Opportunities
Miami Town Hall Meeting w/Power U
Saturday, May 24th 1:00pm-4:00pm EST
Miami
Click here to RSVP.
Crafting Change, Collage Zine Workshop, a fundraiser for Florida Access Network
Saturday, May 24th 3:00pm-6:00pm EST
Gainesville
Click here to register. (Space is limited!)
Abortion and Pregnancy Criminalization w/ If/When/How
Tuesday, May 27th 3:00pm-4:00pm EST
Click here to register for the Zoom.
In this Together, Mental Health Awareness w/Planned Parenthood
Tuesday, May 27th 5:30pm-7:00pm EST
Click here to RSVP.
Women’s Post Session Legislative Impact Panel w/Women’s Foundation of Florida
Wednesday, May 28th 6:30pm-8:00pm EST
West Palm Beach
Click here to register.
Share Your Story of Self w/Planned Parenthood
Thursday, May 29th 6:00pm-7:30pm EST
C. Blythe Andrews Library, Tampa
Click here to register.
Community Social & Legislative Debrief
Thursday, May 29th at 6:00pm-8:00pm EST
Orlando
Click here to register.
Rainbow Room Summer Series w/Planned Parenthood
Every week, June 1st – August 24th, Sundays at 4:00pm EST
A virtual LGBTQ+ Centered Sex Education Series
Click here to register. (The PDF is clickable)
No Kings #Resistance Day of Action w/Pinellas NOW
Saturday, June 14th 10:30am-12:00pm EST
Tyrone Square, St. Pete
Click here for more info.
Volunteer Training Calls for The Medicaid Expansion Amendment
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays
Learn about how collectively, we could ensure 1.4 million Floridians get access to health care.
Register here for the virtual training.Keep up the pressure to protect Medicaid.
Use this form from National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice to contact legislators today!
News Roundup
Florida
Nine Florida legislators sign letter to support Planned Parenthood funding
By Christine Sexton, Florida Phoenix
Nine Florida Democratic lawmakers sent a letter Monday calling on members of Congress to oppose efforts to defund Planned Parenthood.Abortion support nonprofit launches Florida-targeted ads
By Kathryn Varn, Axios
A nonprofit that helps cover travel costs for people seeking abortions this week launched an advertising campaign in Florida.Broward schools to teach sex ed in final days of year
By Scott Travis, South Florida Sun Sentinel
Broward students will get to learn some lessons about human sexuality before they leave for summer vacation.Hillsborough Judge Nancy Jacobs to resign after panel recommends removal
By Dan Sullivan, Tampa Bay Times
Hillsborough Circuit Judge Nancy Jacobs will resign from the bench at the end of May, she announced Friday, weeks after a state disciplinary panel recommended she be removed from office.In Florida, denying access to abortion — again
Editorial, South Florida Sun Sentinel
Florida’s harsh six-week anti-abortion law recently took a cruel turn for the worse. A state appeals court struck down a law that allows a minor to ask a judge’s permission for an abortion rather than her parents, without having to notify them.National
‘It is a fight’: Patients, OB-GYNs and sexual health advocates determined to stop Medicaid cuts
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, States Newsroom
There are periods of Hannah Lord’s life when her full-time job is doctors’ appointments.HHS agrees to review mifepristone safety based on anti-abortion white papers
By Sofia Resnick, States Newsroom
The Trump administration has agreed to review the safety and efficacy of abortion pills, based on white papers funded by far-right organizations, which reproductive health experts say are unscientific and contradict decades of research showing low rates of serious adverse events for the most common form of abortion.Abortion providers challenge FDA’s remaining mifepristone restrictions in federal court
By Sofia Resnick and Charlotte Rene Woods, States Newsroom
Abortion pills — and questions over their inherent safety — were back in federal court Monday.250 Celebrities Sign Full-Page Ad To Support Planned Parenthood Amid Trump’s Attacks
By Pocharapon Neammanee, Huff Post
More than 250 celebrities and influencers, including Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff and actor Pedro Pascal, signed a statement that ran as a full-page ad in The New York Times on Wednesday in support of Planned Parenthood.Report: Abortion Providers Are Confronting a New Wave of Extremism
By Laura C. Morel, Mother Jones
In November 2023, while an abortion provider in the South was on vacation, someone broke into their home, shattered the windows, and scribbled “Baby Killer” on a whiteboard. The case is still open.Americans Are Outraged Over Adriana Smith
By Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day
Want proof that outrage matters? Look at the way anti-abortion groups are running from Adriana Smith’s story this week, pretending as if Georgia’s abortion ban has nothing to do with what’s happening.White House Adviser: Trump Admin Could Declare IVF Legally ‘Essential’ as It Weighs Recommendations
By Oriana González, NOTUS
The Domestic Policy Council delivered recommendations Monday to the White House on how to increase access to in vitro fertilization.
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