Pro-choice activists are running a signature collecting campaign to put abortion rights on the ballot for the November 2024 election and let voters, and not politicians, decide on the issue.
These wins indicate that reproductive rights remain a potent issue for voters heading into the 2024 presidential election.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's Republican attorney general has asked the state Supreme Court to keep a proposed abortion rights amendment off the ballot, saying proponents are waging “a war” to protect the procedure and ultimately will seek to expand those...
Before being elected to Congress, Mike Johnson tried to shut down an abortion clinic in Louisiana. After Roe v. Wade was overturned, Johnson called it a “historic and joyful” day and later expressed support for nationwide abortion ban. Now, he’s the new Speaker of the House.
Despite Moody's challenge, Senate Democratic Minority Leader Lauren Book expressed confidence the measure would move forward. “We will win this latest challenge, we will put abortion rights on the ballot," Book says.
If the Florida Supreme Court ultimately approves Gov. Ron DeSantis' 15-week abortion ban, which would trigger his six-week ban to go into effect 30 days later, it could disproportionately hurt Latinas in Florida.
Alejandra Rondon, Latinx constituency manager at Florida Rising, the state’s largest independent political progressive organization, talked to Floricua about the ongoing efforts to give voters the power to protect women's right to choose across the state.
Gov. Ron DeSantis claimed last week that felony criminal penalties would only apply to healthcare providers, not women, under the state's looming six-week abortion ban. Minority Leader Lauren Book is not taking his word for it.
With five of its seven justices appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Florida Supreme Court could soon determine the future of reproductive freedom in the state. We spoke with the Director of Advocacy at Florida Access Network to find out more about the effects of the state's impending six-week ban.
Opill is the first ever birth control pill to be approved for over-the-counter sales. The medication will likely become available at stores and online retailers in the U.S. in early 2024.
