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Abortion Rights

Pro-choice rally

The financial impact statement connected to Florida’s abortion rights ballot question sparks controversy

The panel’s lone dissenter, objected to including issues such as the possibility of litigation leading to Medicaid-funded abortions.
Pro-choice rally

Florida House Speaker Paul Renner’s PAC adds $1 million to fight a proposed amendment protecting abortion rights

Renner’s committee, known as Conservatives for Principled Leadership, contributed the money to Florida Voters Against Extremism.
"Keep Abortion Legal" sign

Florida’s abortion rights measure draws $509,000 in one week

A ballot initiative aimed at enshrining abortion rights in the Florida Constitution drew another $509,328 during a week-long period.
SCOTUS demonstration

Wrangling continues over the financial impact statement for Florida’s abortion rights amendment

A panel is trying to agree on a “financial impact statement,” which will appear on the ballot with the proposed constitutional amendment.

The Scoop: Tues. July 2nd, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Florida Democrats unhappy about new immunity for presidents. And the Florida panel meets again for abortion ballot July 8.
"Liberate Abortion" sign

The financial impact statement for Florida’s abortion rights amendment gets another look

A state panel waded back into questions about the possible financial effects of a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion rights.
Roe v Wade rally after SCOTUS decision

Committee pushes back in the case over the financial impact statement on an abortion rights amendment

A political committee supporting a constitutional amendment on abortion rights wants a new financial impact statement for the ballot measure.

The Scoop: Tues. June 25th, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

The state of abortion two years after Roe v. Wade was overturned Monique Shaw is the senior program officer of the Rober Wood Johnson Foundation and she is speaking up about how she feels on...

Critical Mobilization in the State

Central Avenue in the 1940s Tampa FL Anthony Perkins will be the Grand Marshal when the Omegas convene in Tampa for a Voter Registration 2024 “Conclave With a Purpose”. The Fraternity chose solidarity over boycott...
A person holds a sign in front of a building.

Abortion rights activists say reproductive healthcare is at risk

Today marks the second anniversary of the landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that overturned Roe v. Wade. The high court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization took away the constitutional right...

The Scoop: Mon. June 24th, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

WMNF reports on the second anniversary of Roe V. Wade being overturned, and a group bringing an inflatable IUD to a Tampa Park.
Pro-choice rally

Group tops $107,000 to fight Florida’s abortion rights amendment

A political committee fighting a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion rights raised $107,560 during the first two weeks of June
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