Abortion rights rally photographs along the downtown waterfront of St. Petersburg, Florida, June 24, 2022.
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Florida State Rep. files Texas-style abortion ban
A Volusia Count state representative Wednesday filed an abortion bill that looks remarkably familiar. Republican Webster Barnaby’s HB167 is a near mirror image of Texas’s heartbeat abortion bill. LISTEN: Lydia Wallace is a reproductive rights advocate with the Tampa Bay Abortion Fund. HB167 might be called the “Florida Heartbeat Act,” but she’s seen this bill… Read more »
Deputies arrest woman who asked for name and badge number during Manatee commission meeting
Less than 30 seconds passes between the time Kimberly Cox asked the deputy if he trespassed another woman from the building and him twisting her arm behind her back and placing her under arrest. For most of it, he sits silently with his arms crossed and jaw clenched. In live stream video viewed by WMNF,… Read more »
Local abortion rights groups rally to help Texans, push back on a Florida heartbeat bill
Local reproductive rights advocates are rallying to help people in Texas seeking now-outlawed abortions. Abortion Funds in Florida and around the country are helping women travel and perform self-managed abortions while gearing up to fight copycat bills in other states. LISTEN: The Texas fetal heartbeat abortion law is broad, to say the least. It bans… Read more »
Rep. Eskamani vows to fight abortion law
State Rep. Anna Eskamani, Amy Weintraub of Progress Florida and Stephanie Frain of Planned Parenthood talk about their efforts to stop an abortion law in Florida like the law in Texas that bans pregnancy termination after six weeks.
Reproductive rights advocates want you to eat tacos and drink beer to support abortion services
A group of reproductive rights advocates is challenging social media to eat tacos and drink beer for charity. The Tampa Bay Abortion Fund launched one of its flagship fundraising events in Safety Harbor this week. LISTEN: It’s called the Taco or Beer Challenge and the rules are simple. “Have fun, eat tacos, have a beer… Read more »
Manatee commissioner celebrates ‘huge win’ in pushing to be first county to ban abortion
A commissioner in Manatee County Tuesday called voting to fund two pro-life pregnancy centers a “huge win” in his push to make Manatee the first county in Florida to ban abortions. The vote came as dozens of pro-choice activists rallied outside the meeting to oppose the measure. LISTEN: The vote authorized $100,000 of county money… Read more »
Roe V. Wade turned 48 Friday and women are still fighting to save it
The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Roe V. Wade decision turned 48 Friday. But reproductive rights advocates are still fighting to protect women’s right to choose. LISTEN: As they’ve done for more than two decades, members of the Pinellas County National Organization of Women – and more recently Progress Florida – gathered in downtown St. Petersburg… Read more »
Reproductive rights advocate reacts to Supreme Court decision
On Monday June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in a major abortion case out of Louisiana. According to the Associated Press, “The Supreme Court has reasserted a commitment to abortion rights over fierce opposition from dissenting conservative justices in the first big abortion case of the Trump era. Sharply divided in a… Read more »
70 abortion rights supporters rally in St. Petersburg
Wednesday in St. Petersburg, about 70 demonstrators voiced their support for reproductive freedom on all four corners of an intersection along Central Avenue in downtown. What was called the “Roe v Wade Anniversary Visibility Event” was met with about five counter-demonstrators holding signs like “Stop Abortion Now.” In the Florida Legislature, a bill that will… Read more »
