Across the nation, communities are already feeling the harmful fallout from the Trump Administration’s multi-pronged approach to making our lives less safe, less affordable, and less free. Last week, the Trump administration and their backers in Congress “defunded” Planned Parenthood in an attempt to stop people who use Medicaid insurance from getting care at Planned Parenthood health centers. In response, Planned Parenthood said, “We’ll see you in court.”
This will be a challenging but worthy fight; everyone should have the freedom to decide who their health care provider is and to get quality, affordable care. In Florida, Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida (PPSWCF) and Planned Parenthood of South, East and North Florida (PPSENFL) have officially merged to form Planned Parenthood of Florida, further evidence that health centers will continue to provide care, no matter what.
Federal policies like the Reconciliation Bill are a grave disservice to everyone besides the ultrawealthy. On average, families are expected to lose $146 per month in cuts to food stamps, 1 in 10 people currently enrolled in Medicaid will lose their coverage, and here at home, 10 of Florida’s 22 rural hospitals are at risk of closing in the next 6 years, 2 being in immediate risk of having to close their doors by 2027.
Where there is harm and injustice, there will always be communities of care fighting for what’s right – thank you for being part of this one.
Oppose Trump’s Slate of Anti-Abortion Judges for Lifetime Appointments
Trump’s recently nominated judicial nominees will work to dismantle reproductive freedoms, LGBTQ+ rights, environmental protections, workplace safety, and more and we need your help to stop it.
One of the most dangerous nominees is Judge Jordan Pratt, who most recently authored the opinion that invalidated judicial bypass in Florida, a process that allowed minors in unsafe and unsupportive homes to access an abortion when a parent couldn’t get involved or it wasn’t safe to involve them. Judge Pratt sided with keeping minors pregnant against their will.
Click here to urge the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to OPPOSE this slate.
Call to Action: Restore Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to Palm Beach County Schools
In April, the Palm Beach County School Board voted to suspend critical Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies. This decision rolled back equitable hiring practices, staff transfer guidelines, and support for women- and minority-owned businesses—all in response to state and federal pressures.
These changes are not yet final. The board is expected to revisit this decision in the coming months, and public input will shape what happens next.
- Click here to RSVP for the July 16th meeting in Palm Beach.
- Click here to send a letter to the school board.
Events & Volunteer Opportunities
St. Pete Resistance Day of Action w/Pinellas NOW
Thursday, July 1th 4:30pm-6:00pm EST
Williams Park, St. Pete
Click here to sign up.
For more Good Trouble events across the state, click here.
Abortion Supporters & Helpers: Know Your Rights Training w/ACLU
Friday, July 18th at 11am EST (this is a week we do NOT have an FRF Coalition meeting)
Learn about how law enforcement weaponizes the carceral state to target those who provide and access reproductive care, as well as your rights if you face an investigation or prosecution.
Click here to register.
Reproductive Health in Polk County Hot Topics w/League of Women Voters
Tuesday, July 22nd at 5:00pm EST
The Wall, Lakeland
Study Abroad, Irish Lessons w/Shout Your Abortion
Thursday, July 24th at 3:00pm EST
Click here to register.
Stop the Radicalization of Young Women w/EducateUs
Tuesday, July 29th 7:30pm-8:30pm EST
Click here to register.
Self-Managed Abortion Info Session w/Progress Florida
Thursday, July 31st 6:00pm-7:15pm EST
Learn about how people across the U.S. are finding information about abortion pills by mail and self-managed abortion.
Click here to register.
Volunteer Training Calls for The Medicaid Expansion Amendment
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays
This initiative just became that much more crucial – join the fight to get Floridians access to the care they deserve!
Register here for the virtual training.
Tampa Period Pantry is offering free pads for teachers and school nurses to give out in schools.
Hillsborough & Pinellas County
Request materials here.
News Roundup
Florida
Supreme Court’s Planned Parenthood ruling raises questions about care in Florida
By Massiel Leyva, Tampa Bay News 9
Related AP story: States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court issued a ruling on Thursday that paves the way for states to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
Two Planned Parenthood groups merge in Florida as they gear up for battle
By Liz Freeman, Naples Daily News
The Planned Parenthood affiliate in Southwest Florida has merged with the group elsewhere to form one statewide organization.
An Open Letter to Rep. Kat Cammack From a Medical Doctor: It’s Abortion Bans That Make Doctors Afraid to Act, Not ‘the Radical Left’
By Chloe Nazra Lee, Ms. Magazine
I remember the day I heard about Dobbs. It was a summer morning during my final year of medical school.
Florida budget earmarks $29.5 million for anti-abortion center promoter — again
By McKenna Schueler, Orlando Weekly
Florida lawmakers have, for the second year in a row, earmarked nearly $30 million in their proposed state budget for a network that doles out funds to facilities that aim to deter abortion.
Study shows abortion bans lead to higher rates of relationship violence
By Chris Young, WMNF Tampa Bay
A new study finds that there’s an increase in intimate partner violence in parts of the country with a near-total ban on abortion.
Florida abortion numbers fall as national rates rise
By Joe Mario Pedersen, Central Florida Public Media
It’s been about three years since the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in the Dobbs case, which overturned Roe v Wade and allowed states to regulate access to abortions. But since then, abortion numbers have actually risen across the country.
A baby was born and died in a Tampa college dorm room. Was it a crime?
By Dan Sullivan, Tampa Bay Times
Almost two days after she gave birth in her college dormitory bathroom, Brianna Moore sat in a campus security office with two Tampa police detectives old enough to be her father.
Florida legislators will stop at nothing to restrict abortion, despite our votes
By Nicole McCurdy, Orlando Sentinel
The 2025 legislative session is over, and one thing remains clear: Florida legislators will stop at nothing to strip us of our reproductive rights — despite the will of their constituents.
Florida has a new parking permit for expectant mothers
By Jim Grimes, WPEC West Palm Beach
A new Florida law now allows pregnant moms to apply for temporary parking permits, making it easier to access parking closer to medical offices, grocery and drug stores.
National
Senate Republicans’ ‘Big, Beautiful’ Backdoor Ban
By Kylie Cheung, Abortion, Every Day
Congressional Republicans have spent the last few years now pledging they won’t ban abortion—just impose “reasonable limits,” perhaps a “minimum national standard” sprinkled here and there.
Judge blocks Trump from cutting off Planned Parenthood funding under “big, beautiful bill”
By Joe Walsh, CBS News
A judge on Monday temporarily barred the Trump administration from revoking Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, partially freezing a provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act just days after President Trump signed it into law.
Anti-Choice Groups Seek Stricter Rules on Abortion Medication Mifepristone
By Cameron Oakes, Rewire
A July 8 letter asks HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to allow its use only up to seven weeks of pregnancy and in-person, among other changes.
If Trump Restricts Mifepristone, Clinicians Are Ready to Pivot to Misoprostol-Only Abortions
By Carrie N. Baker, Ms. Magazine
For decades, clinicians relied on the gold standard of medication abortion care: a two-pill regimen. Mifepristone is taken first, followed by misoprostol 24 to 48 hours later.
The Costs of Restricting Abortion? More Than $130 Billion Per Year.
By Julianne McShane, Mother Jones
When the US Supreme Court decided to overrule Roe v. Wade three years ago, the ruling had sweeping consequences for public health, making pregnancy much riskier, leading to the preventable deaths of pregnant women, and causing a spike in infant mortality.
On Dobbs anniversary, Senate Democrats aim to restart abortion conversation
By Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post
Just weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Nancy Davis learned that her fetus had a fatal cranial condition.
Abortion Bans are Another Weapon for Abusers
By Kylie Cheung, Abortion, Every Day
Two years before Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, Luba Reife remembers a question she received from one of her clients, whose abusive partner didn’t know she was pregnant yet: What difference would it make if she had an abortion, versus if she chose to move forward with her pregnancy?
More miscarriages criminally investigated three years into post-Dobbs abortion bans
By Sofia Resnick, States Newsroom
The day before Brittany Watts miscarried at home in Warren, Ohio, medical staff at Mercy Health-St. Joseph Warren Hospital told Watts that her nearly 21-week-old fetus had no chance of survival. And without treatment, neither would she.
How Viability Limits End Up Criminalizing Pregnancy
By Nina Martin, Mother Jones
When Karen Thompson became the legal director at Pregnancy Justice a year and a half ago, she was still learning about the reproductive justice issues at the heart of the organization’s mission.
Crisis Pregnancy Centers Refuse Ultrasounds That Could Save Lives
By Jessica Valenti and Kylie Cheung, Abortion, Every Day
Imagine this: A teenager comes home from school one day and informs their parents that they’re pregnant.
“We’re in a Generational Fight.” A conversation with Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson (video)
By Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day
Thanks to everyone who joined tonight’s important livestream conversation with Alexis McGill Johnson, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
Letters to the editor
Consider plight of would-be parents in abortion debate
By Seiche Dogan, Fern Park, Orlando Sentinel
I never thought I’d be grieving like this over anything political but I am grieving over the overturning of Roe v. Wade. I’m hurt. Having autonomy over my own body is so important to me. Women having autonomy over their own bodies is so important to me.
Women must demand change through their actions
By Rita Bornstein, Winter Park, Orlando Sentinel
We are marching. We are writing. We are speaking. We are crying. We are incredulous. We are hurt. We are furious. We are in despair. We have lost the legal protections assuring a woman’s right to abortion.