Reproductive Rights News Roundup – January 24th 2025

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佛罗里达

How Some Christian Group Homes Avoid Florida’s Standards
By Laura C. Morel, Reveal
As religious groups across the country open more maternity homes for pregnant women and teenagers, the nonprofit that oversees some of those homes in Florida is facing renewed criticism from state lawmakers over its practices.

DeSantis’ “kiss of death” for Florida’s citizen-led ballot measures
By Kathryn Varn, Axios
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposed changes to Florida’s ballot initiative laws would likely kill the process citizens have long used to amend the state’s constitution, according to direct democracy experts.

In St. Pete supporters of reproductive freedom rally despite the cold
By Seán Kinane, WMNF Tampa Bay
Dozens of people braved the cold weather Wednesday morning to show support for abortion rights on the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Pinellas NOW and other groups organized the rally.

After defeating abortion and marijuana amendments, DeSantis wants less power for voters
Editorial, Miami Herald
In the past decade, Florida voters have protected natural lands and water, restored voting rights for some felons, approved medical marijuana, raised the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour and overwhelmingly gave themselves the exclusive right to expand casino gambling.

国家的

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died
作者：谢法莉·卢特拉，《19》^th
Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and feminist activist, died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer, her family confirmed in a statement.

Biden declares Equal Rights Amendment is the ‘law of the land,’ contradicting archivist
By Jennifer Shutt, States Newsroom
President Joe Biden released a statement Friday saying he believes the Equal Rights Amendment should be added as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution, despite a statement from the archivist of the United States that it cannot.

The Powers Trump’s Nominees Will Have Over Abortion
By Chantelle Lee, Time
As President Donald Trump’s Cabinet and Administration nominees face confirmation hearings, they are set to wield control over a range of departments affecting everything from healthcare to the economy.

First abortion-related bill pushed in GOP-led Congress blocked by Senate Democrats
作者：Jennifer Shutt，佛罗里达凤凰城
U.S. Senate Democrats blocked legislation Wednesday that would have established penalties for health care professionals who don’t provide medical care for infants born following an attempted abortion, arguing the bill would have kept parents from making decisions about care for newborns delivered early following a fatal fetal diagnosis.

Trump’s federal health website scrubs ‘abortion’ search results
作者：塞莱娜·西蒙斯-达芬，美国国家公共电台
On the second day of the second Trump administration, a search for the term “abortion” on the website for the federal Department of Health and Human Services brings up 166 results.

Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blockaded clinic entrances
By Christine Fernando, Associated Press
President Donald Trump announced Thursday he would pardon anti-abortion activists convicted of blockading abortion clinic entrances.

Roe vs. more than Roe: On the landmark decision’s anniversary, a look at abortion rights and limits
By Elisha Brown, Florida Phoenix
Erika Christensen decided to become a patient advocate for abortion later in pregnancy after she had to travel from New York to Colorado to get a third-trimester abortion.

Is Instagram censoring abortion rights accounts?
By Jordan Zakarin, The Progress Report
I was working on a big news roundup today when a few big stories began to break and I began to look into what seemed to be a very clear throttling of an important abortion medication organization.