Events & Volunteer Opportunities
Birth Justice 101 Training w/Southern Birth Justice Network
Saturday, August 9th
Breakfast, lunch, and snack provided
Miami
Apply here.
Reproductive Justice in the LGBTQ+ Community w/National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice
Tuesday, August 12th 7:30pm-8:30pm EST
Register for the Zoom here.
Medicaid Expansion Day of Action Canvass w/Florida Decides Healthcare and People Power for Florida
Wednesday, August 13th 5:00pm-7:00pm EST
Orlando
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Real People, Real Stories Virtual Event w/ACLU FL
Wednesday, August 13th at 6:30pm EST
Register here.
AAPI Hob Nob and Community Resource Fair w/Act Florida
Saturday, August 23rd 2:30pm-4:30pm EST
Orlando
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Solidarity Garage Sale w/Florida Access Network
Saturday, August 23rd at 5:00pm
Sunrise
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Author Rebecca Grant in Conversation with Diane Roberts w/RBG Fund
Monday, September 29th at 7:00pm
Start reading Rebecca’s book, Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom, now to be ready for this virtual discussion.
Click here to register.
News Roundup
Florida
Florida ranked as eighth-worst state to give birth to a child
By Drew Dixon, Florida Politics
Florida residents looking to become new parents may want to think twice, according to a new study.
Why are maternity wards across South Florida closing? There’s more than one reason
By Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald
Many South Floridians are feeling financially squeezed as costs continue to rise.
Orlando nonprofit clinic opens Venus Center to address women’s health care needs
By Joe Mario Pedersen, Central Florida Public Media
At a time when nonprofit women’s health clinics are facing national challenges, 26Health expanded the services of one of its clinics to address the growing need.
National
Trump cuts threaten access to birth control for millions of women
By Katia Riddle, NPR
Contraception is a routine part of life for many Americans and polls show people across political parties agree that it should be legal and accessible.
White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge
By Riley Beggin and Jeff Stein, Washington Post
The White House does not plan to require health insurers to provide coverage for in vitro fertilization services, two people with knowledge of internal discussions said, even though the idea was one of President Donald Trump’s key campaign pledges.
Anti-Abortion Groups Lobbied Trump Against IVF. They Say They’re Winning.
By Oriana González, NOTUS
Anti-abortion advocates have been privately lobbying to sway President Donald Trump — the self-proclaimed “father of IVF” — away from his campaign promise to make in vitro fertilization free for Americans.
Trump administration moves to end veterans’ abortion access in cases of rape, incest and health
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, States Newsroom
The Trump administration has taken its first step toward restricting access to abortions for veterans who are covered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ medical benefits, reversing a 2022 rule.
Louisianians can now sue out-of-state doctors who provide abortion pills
By Piper Hutchinson, States Newsroom
Two new Louisiana abortion restriction laws took effect Friday, including one that allows Louisianians to sue out-of-state providers of abortion-inducing medications.