If you’re reading this, chances are this time last year, you were giving it everything you had to help pass Amendment 4. While immense financial and political interference by state government prevented us from passing Amendment 4 and ending Florida’s near-total abortion ban, the fight for reproductive freedom must continue.
The ability to access multiple types of health care is critical for the safety, dignity, and futures of all Floridians which is why we are proud to support Florida Decides Healthcare, the citizen-led amendment to expand Medicaid eligibility to 3.7 million Floridians.
Right now, we’re in a critical time to qualify for the ballot through petition. Here’s how you can help make it happen:
- Print and sign your own petition here.
- Anyone can print and distribute blank petitions to people they know and hand them out at local events.
- Ask voters to mail their petitions to: FDH c/o TWG. 12529 Yellow Bluff Rd Unit 6. PMB 168. Jacksonville, FL 32226
- Please note: Due to recent changes to the law, please do not collect signed petitions. Rather, request voters mail their signed petition back to the campaign.
You can access upcoming volunteer opportunities for petition distribution here. If phonebanking (calling voters) is more your speed, you can volunteer here.
Each of us loves someone who has had to delay or has been prevented from accessing health care due to cost, or had to face the choice between seeing a doctor or paying other bills. It doesn’t have to be this way. Help us join the fight to bring health care access to our family, friends, and neighbors.
P.S. Can’t remember if you’ve signed the petition, or want to confirm yours was accepted? Call your local Supervisor of Elections to find out.
Call for Volunteers: Southern Birth Justice Network
The Southern Birth Justice Network is offering a Birth Justice 101 Training on Saturday, August 9th. SBJN volunteers contribute to the three pillars of their work: advocacy, outreach and education. They consist of experienced birth workers, advocates, and professionals who act as a resource for their volunteers.
Whether you would like to make a genuine impact on your community, investigate possible careers and network with birth justice advocates, or widen your personal sphere, SBJN looks forward to working with, teaching, and learning from you.
Register here for the August 9th Birth Justice 101 Training.
Events & Volunteer Opportunities
New Mothers Basket Assembly w/V.O.I.C.E.S.
Saturday, July 19th 11:00am-1:30pm EST
Tampa
Click here to sign up.
Repro Kit Party 101 Virtual Training w/Florida Access Network
Monday, July 21st 5:00pm-6:00pm EST
Learn how to host your own repro kit making party.
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
I’m for Planned Parenthood Vision Board Party
Wednesday, July 23rd 4:30pm-6:30pm EST
Sarasota
Click here to RSVP for address.
Study Abroad, Irish Lessons w/Shout Your Abortion
Thursday, July 24th at 3:00pm EST
Click here to register.
Legislative Update w/Equal Ground & Pasco NOW
Thursday, July 24th 7:00pm-8:30pm EST
Land O’Lakes
Click here to sign up.
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.
News Roundup
Florida
Florida abortion numbers plummet in 2025 amid six-week ban
Staff Report, News Service of Florida
The number of abortions reported in Florida during the first half of 2025 dropped 40.4 percent from the same period in 2024, amid a ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, according to new state data.
In the face of ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ Central Florida’s Planned Parenthood clinics ‘don’t plan on going anywhere’
By McKenna Schueler, Orlando Weekly
As reproductive healthcare provider Planned Parenthood fights a new threat to funding from the Trump administration, clinics in Central Florida plan to remain open and operational, according to Planned Parenthood of Florida chief medical officer Dr. Robin Schickler, who spoke to Orlando Weekly about the current state of affairs.
Pulpits unleashed: Churches no longer bound by IRS gag rule on politics
By Stephany Matat, USA Today Network-Florida
Excerpt: Before last year’s election, Gov. Ron DeSantis also turned to faith groups to stir opposition against ballot initiatives that would have enshrined abortion rights and recreational marijuana in the state’s constitution. The governor turned to his faith and community initiative to mobilize religious groups, and his administration worked with Mat Staver to oppose the abortion amendment. Staver is chairman of Liberty Counsel, a nonprofit law firm and Christian ministry that advocates for religious freedom of expression.
Ruth’s List Florida backs ‘proven leader’ Laura Dominguez in Miami Beach re-election bid
By Ryan Nicol, Florida Politics
Miami Beach Commissioner Laura Dominguez is strengthening her re-election effort, adding another endorsement to a growing list of groups supporting her bid.
National
Another Woman Arrested For Her Pregnancy Loss
By Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day
A South Carolina woman has been arrested for “desecration of human remains” after losing her pregnancy and placing fetal remains in the trash.
The Mythology of Rape Exceptions
By Kylie Cheung, Abortion, Every Day
Shortly after Election Day in 2024, Donald Trump unsuccessfully attempted to appoint former Congressman Matt Gaetz to run the Justice Department—an agency that could potentially establish a federal abortion ban by wielding the Comstock Act of 1873, a law that could prohibit the mailing of abortion pills or abortion-related medical supplies as “obscene materials.”
Republicans Propose National Ban on Flushing Abortions
By Jessica Valenti and Kylie Cheung, Abortion, Every Day
You know how I’ve been warning that conservatives are zeroing in on ‘disposal laws’ as part of their coming criminalization push?
Travel time, costs for abortions increased after state bans, researchers find
By Anna Claire Vollers, States Newsroom
Travel costs for abortions and delays in care have increased in the wake of state abortion bans, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health.
“I’m Not Going to Be A Walking Tomb.”
By Kylie Cheung and Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day
For years, Republicans have been using the lie of abortion ban exceptions to convince voters that ‘good’, ‘deserving’ women will still be able to access care if they need it.
Judge’s order blocking Planned Parenthood funding ban unlawful, Trump DOJ says
By Jennifer Shutt, Florida Phoenix
The U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge Friday to reverse course and allow the Trump administration to implement a provision in the “big, beautiful” law that prevents Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood for one year.
More states try, and fail, to pass Louisiana-style abortion pill restrictions
By Sofia Resnick, States Newsroom
Though many legislative sessions have concluded for the year, states could soon see more changes to reproductive health care access with new federal legislation that might lead to clinic closures, as well as pending health policies on abortion pills.
Doctors, advocates hold out hope for appeals in abortion privacy rule case
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, States Newsroom
Two pending lawsuits over a 2024 federal rule protecting certain reproductive health information from disclosure are on hold while the Trump administration decides whether to appeal a Texas judge’s June decision that declared the rule unlawful and void.
Data on Maternal Death Is Being Distorted or Hidden, Experts Say
By Thalia Charles, Rewire
Pregnancy and childbirth have become more deadly in states with abortion bans, especially for Black people. But the state committees whose job is to study those deaths with the goal of preventing them face political meddling.