Reproductive Rights News Roundup – February 20, 2026

We are rounding out Day 39 of Florida’s (what should be) 60-day legislative session. As the state budget gets debated, bills we’re opposing are at critical points where our actions could determine whether they ultimately pass or fail. Later today, and on Monday, we’ll find out more of what’s on agendas next week. We’ll update this website with what’s being voted on, what’s at stake, and how you can help. Here’s what we know so far: SB 1632, Outlawing Activism: is back in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice on Wednesday at 1:30pm after being temporarily postponed this week. This is its second to last committee in the Senate.
  • This bill creates a vague, new designation of “domestic terrorist organization” for organizations engaging in allegedly dangerous activities intended to “coerce” the public or influence government policy “by intimidation or coercion.” This kind of unfettered censorship strikes at the core of our democracy.
  • Send a message to oppose this bill using this action form from Equality Florida.
  HB 1071, Student Indoctrination Act (the bad Education Package): is on the House floor on Wednesday at 10:00am.
  • This sweeping bill would require students to watch a medically-inaccurate video like “Baby Olivia” from a national anti-abortion extremist group, ban student clubs from engaging in political or social issues, and eliminate multiple current policies on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Send a message to your Representative and Senator using this action form from Planned Parenthood.
HB 991, New Barriers to Voting: is on the House floor on Wednesday at 10:00am.

Take Action: Save ADAP Funding

The Florida Department of Health (DOH) opened a 21-day public comment window on proposed AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) rule changes, and it closes March 4, 2026.

Proposed rules could lead to 16,000 Floridians losing access to care. 

Programs like ADAP are literally life support for individuals living with HIV, and we need to keep pushing for true protection, expanded access, and full funding — not rolling back care. 

Click here to submit a public comment and urge DOH not to cut this critical, life-saving care for thousands of Floridians.

Then, contact your state representatives and ask them to fight for ADAP funding! 

 

Events & Volunteer Opportunities 

Hot Girls Walk So Rights Can Run

Hot Girls Walk So Rights Can Run: Hot Girls Repro Rights Walk w/League of Women Voters of the St. Petersburg Area

Saturday, February 21st, 11:00am – 1:00pm EST

Sign up to attend.


We Are Each Other's Liberation

We Are Each Other’s Liberation: Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities (Virtual Launch) w/Haymarket Books

Wednesday, February 25th, 4:00pm – 5:30pm EST

Sign up to attend.


Abortion Academy

Abortion Academy: Learning from Acompañantes w/ShoutYourAbortion

Thursday, February 26th at 3:00pm EST

Sign up to attend.


Training Series Rulemaking 101

Training Series: Rulemaking 101 w/PRISM

Thursday, February 26th, 6:00pm – 7:00pm EST

Sign up to attend.


Virtual Ed Series

Virtual Ed Series: February 2026 Time for Your Teen w/Planned Parenthood of Florida

Thursday, February 26th, 6:00pm – 7:30pm EST

Sign up to attend.


History of Planned Parenthood and Racial Justice

History of Planned Parenthood and Racial Justice, Part 2 w/Planned Parenthood of Florida

Thursday, February 26th, 6:00pm – 7:30pm EST

Sign up to attend.


Jazz for Repro Justice

Jazz for Repro Justice w/First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches

Sunday, March 22nd, 4:00pm – 6:00pm EST

Purchase tickets here.

News Roundup

Florida

Florida agency quietly removes tool to find licensed abortion clinics in the state
By McKenna Schueler, Orlando Weekly
A Florida health agency has quietly removed from its website an accessible way for people to search for licensed abortion clinics in the state, in a move that critics argue decreases transparency.

Planned Parenthood will close Lakeland clinic, end Polk County presence
By Gary White, Lakeland Ledger
Planned Parenthood is ending its presence in Polk County after more than 50 years, part of a national trend following changes in government policies.

Concerns rise ahead of Lakeland Planned Parenthood closure: ‘Healthcare resources are shrinking’
By Emi Darquea, WFLA Tampa Bay
According to Planned Parenthood, they are closing because they can no longer accept Medicaid under President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

Prenatal care gaps widen in Florida amid access and policy challenges
By Rick Mayer, WUSF Tampa
Florida is moving in the wrong direction on prenatal care and climbing the national rankings for all the wrong reasons.

National

What’s Going On In the Fight Over Abortion Pills
By Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo, Rewire
In this episode, Imani and Jess walk through the current legal threats to medication abortion access and explain how the national abortion landscape could be reshaped entirely by spring.

Community Groups Sharing Free Abortion Pills Expand to States Where Abortion Is Legal But Out of Reach
By Carrie N. Baker, Ms. Magazine
In response to abortion bans and restrictions, feminists across the country have created community groups that share abortion pills by mail, free of charge, with those who need them.

Trump wields abortion clinic law against church demonstrators, providers still fear violence
By Elisha Brown, States Newsroom
The Trump administration is using a law Congress passed in the 1990s after a wave of deadly violence at abortion clinics to prosecute demonstrators and reporters who were at a immigration-related church protest in Minneapolis last month.

Delayed and turned away: How access to abortion can depend on your weight
By Gabriella Gladney, The 19th
When Elie Liakopoulos discovered she was pregnant, she knew immediately that she wanted to have an abortion.

Judges decry treatment of nursing and pregnant detainees in ICE custody
By Kyle Cheney, Politico
A Myanmar refugee, with a nursing five-month-old at home, whisked abruptly to Texas by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

New research

Number of Brick-and-Mortar Abortion Clinics Declined Slightly Between 2024 and 2025
By Rachel K. Jones, Ava Braccia and Emma Stoskopf-Ehrlich
Guttmacher Institute
While the abortion access landscape has shifted dramatically in recent years, brick-and-mortar clinics continue to play a critical role in both procedural and medication abortion provision.

Charted: Abortion clinic access by state
By Maya Goldman, Axios
Federal funding freezes and new abortion restrictions likely reduced the number of brick-and-mortar abortion clinics over a 21-month period ending in December, while dozens of other providers also limited access to the procedure, according to a Guttmacher Institute report out today.

What the COVID-19 Pandemic Revealed About Abortion Access—Research
By Cameron Oakes, Rewire
A recent peer-reviewed study focusing on Latina women in North Carolina found that people were still able to get abortion care, despite pre-Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization barriers.

Tens of Thousands of Mothers Were Flagged to Police Over Flawed Drug Tests at Childbirth
By Shoshana Walter and Jill Castellano, The Marshall Project
Ayanna Harris-Rashid was sitting up in bed, her newborn son latched to her breast, one hand scrolling on her phone, when the police called.