Resumen de noticias sobre derechos reproductivos – 12/04/2019

Florida está dificultando aún más el acceso al aborto para las jóvenes, al igual que decenas de otros estados.
Por Stephanie Loraine y Caroline Reilly
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Recientemente, se viralizó la noticia del intento de Florida de cambiar su ley estatal sobre la participación de los padres en las decisiones de aborto de menores.

Abortion parental consent bill approved by Florida Senate panel
By Tom Urban
Via News Service of Florida
After testimony from activists on both sides of the issue, a Senate panel Monday approved a proposal that would require minors to receive parental consent before having abortions…“There are concerns because we wouldn’t want this to get to the court and then have some activist judges turn this into an opportunity to really reverse things in our Constitution and significantly and disproportionately affect women,” said Laura Hernandez of Floridians for Reproductive Freedom.

Las batallas sobre el aborto no han disminuido en Florida.
Por Mitch Perry
Fénix de Florida
Apenas unos días antes, activistas antiaborto se habían manifestado en las escaleras del antiguo Capitolio Histórico, criticando a sus oponentes ideológicos.

Pro-choice activists plan Capitol demonstrations against parental consent bill
Por Ryan Nicol
Política de Florida
Extracto: But opponents worry about the potential dangers of forcing children who may not be able to confide in or rely on their parents to obtain consent for an abortion. “Many come from families where such an announcement would only exacerbate an already volatile or dysfunctional family situation,” said Amy Weintraub, Reproductive Rights Program director for Progress Florida.

Legislative Measure Seeks To Require Parental ‘Written Consent’ For Children Services, Including Birth Control
Informe del personal
Servicio de Noticias de Florida
A Florida Senate panel on Wednesday backed a proposal that would require parents to give written consent before minors can get mental-health services or be prescribed birth control at school, a move that Democrats argued will prevent students from seeking treatment.

Florida Fetal Heartbeat Bill Divides Women, Providers, And Pregnancy Centers In The State
Por Danielle Prieur
WLRN Miami
Kristen Erichsen estaba en la escuela secundaria y sin hogar cuando se enteró de que estaba en su primer trimestre de embarazo.

Fetal heartbeat bill is unconstitutional
By Leah Sankey
Marco Island Eagle
Florida lawmakers have filed a “fetal heartbeat” bill that would ban abortion after a heartbeat is detected in an embryo.

States pushing near-bans on abortion, targeting Roe v. Wade
Por David Crary
Prensa asociada
Emboldened by the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court, anti-abortion lawmakers and activists in numerous states are pushing near-total bans on the procedure in a deliberate frontal attack on Roe v. Wade.

How abortion became a partisan issue in America
Por Anna North
Vox
Joe Biden called it “the single most difficult vote I’ve cast as a U.S. senator.”

‘It’s horrifying’: Challenges women could face if Georgia’s ‘fetal heartbeat’ bill goes into effect, doctors and advocates say
By Nicquel Terry Ellis
USA Today
A strict abortion law that could be enacted in Georgia at the start of 2020 would pose hardships on women who don’t know they are pregnant by six weeks or can’t see a medical provider within the legal time frame, doctors and activists say.

Trump Chooses No Choice
By Gail Collins
El New York Times
It’s only a matter of time before some state passes a law prohibiting women from getting abortions after the second week of pregnancy.

Four hands needed to open new ‘consent condom’
By Jeff Tavss
WPLG Miami
A brand new condom takes two sets of hands to open in an effort to make sure sex will take place between consenting individuals.