ABORTION

Republican presidential hopefuls were back on the debate stage in South Florida.

The amendment, if approved by voters, would block state law from prohibiting abortions before viability, which is generally considered to be around 24 weeks, or when necessary to protect a patient’s health.

Florida’s Republican attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to keep a proposed abortion rights amendment off the ballot.

A new survey finds that the total number of abortions provided in the U.S. after bans started going into effect in some states last year increased slightly.

Donald Trump is facing political blowback from within his party for his comments about abortion.

The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments today challenging the state's 15-week abortion ban.

On Friday morning, the Florida Supreme Court will take up a monumental case that could decide the future of abortions in the state.

An amendment for the 2024 election that would allow abortions in Florida up to the viability of a fetus is one step closer to being on the ballot.

A judge has ruled that a lawsuit seeking to repeal Wisconsin's 174-year-old abortion ban can continue.

The Florida Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear arguments Sept. 8 in a case that could play a major role in the future of abortion rights in the state.

At a packed rally Saturday morning, more than 100 people came out to Renaissance Theatre Company in Orlando to protest the overturning of Roe v. Wade one year later.

An effort to put an amendment on the Florida 2024 ballot to protect abortion hit an important milestone this week, supporters said.

Floridians Protecting Freedom, a newly formed political committee, is spearheading a campaign to get abortion access on the 2024 ballot.

Florida Republicans are pushing forward more legislation that escalates the culture war that's dominated this year's session just one week before it ends.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke Friday morning at Liberty University’s convocation.

The Florida House of Representatives approved a bill that would ban most abortions after six weeks Thursday, sending the measure to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

A federal appeals court has ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone can still be used for now but reduced the period of pregnancy when the drug can be taken and said it could not be dispensed by mail.

Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. plunged into uncertainty Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone that has been widely available for more than 20 years.

As lawmakers consider barring abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office urged the Florida Supreme Court to reject more than three decades of legal precedents that have protected abortion rights in the state.

A conservative judge in Texas has raised questions about an effort to overturn the decades-old approval of a leading abortion drug, in a case that could threaten the country’s most common method to end pregnancies.

A stricter abortion ban under consideration for Florida could have practical implications for women throughout the South and political implications for Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Walgreens says it won’t sell an abortion pill by mail in 20 conservative-led states.

Pointing to “long-established fundamental rights,” attorneys for abortion clinics and a physician argued in a 67-page brief Monday that the Florida Supreme Court should block a law that prevents abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Pointing to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last year to overturn Roe v. Wade, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on Wednesday asked a federal judge to scrap a 2016 ruling that prevented the state from cutting off public money to abortion providers for health services unrelated to abortion.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would sign a six-week abortion ban if and when it came to fruition during a news briefing Wednesday discussing the proposed “Framework for Freedom” 2023-24 state budget.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday made proposals for a new, $114.8B “Framework for Freedom” 2023-24 state budget.

The Florida Supreme Court rejected requests to stop a law that prevents abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy on Monday, according to CBS Miami.

Appearing on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ doorstep to mark the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade court decision, Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday vowed that she and President Biden will “never back down” on abortion rights.

The Florida Agency of Healthcare Administration last week warned healthcare providers not to distribute abortion pills, according to the Sun Sentinel.

Florida heads into 2023 with courts weighing high-profile legal fights.

A Florida prosecutor suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis opened his federal civil trial against the governor by alleging that his removal was based on his personal political positions on abortion and transgender rights.

Planned Parenthood officials have announced plans for a mobile abortion clinic, a 37-foot RV that will stay in Illinois but travel close to the borders of adjoining states that have banned abortions since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this year.

Sen. Marco Rubio has signed onto Sen. Lindsey Graham’s bill to restrict abortion to 15 weeks across the country.

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has introduced a bill calling for a nationwide abortion ban.

An Orlando clinic is challenging a $193,000 fine after allegations it violated a law that requires a 24-hour waiting period for performing abortions.

In the second similar case to emerge in recent weeks, a Miami abortion clinic is fighting an attempt by state regulators to impose a fine over allegations that it did not properly comply with a law requiring 24-hour waiting periods before abortions can be performed.

An appeals court Wednesday tossed out a temporary injunction that would have blocked a new Florida law preventing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

An appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling that a parentless 16-year-old girl in the Florida Panhandle is not “sufficiently mature” to end her pregnancy while seeking a waiver from a state law requiring minors to get parental consent for an abortion.

An Orlando staffer was suspended amid an investigation into a complaint claiming they blocked access to a women’s health clinic in a city-owned vehicle earlier this month, city officials announced Thursday.

YouTube will begin removing misleading videos about abortion in response to falsehoods being spread about the procedure that is being banned or restricted across a broad swath of the U.S. The move announced Thursday by the Google-owned video site comes about a month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the case that had protected the legality of abortion in the country for nearly 50 years.

Florida has successfully prosecuted a woman for manslaughter after she submitted to an abortion. Could it happen again?

A new Florida law preventing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy will remain in effect while a legal battle plays out.

The Biden administration is telling hospitals that they “must” provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday in an attempt to protect access to abortion across the U.S. following the Supreme Court’s recent reversal of Roe V. Wade.

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to protect access to abortion, delivering impassioned remarks condemning the Supreme Court decision that ended that constitutional right.

Florida’s new 15-week abortion was blocked and then quickly reinstated after an appeal from the state attorney general in a lawsuit challenging the restriction.

The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade has ushered in a new era of funding on both sides of the abortion debate.

The Texas Supreme Court has blocked a lower court order that gave some abortion clinics confidence to resume performing abortions.

Decades of anti-abortion laws have been created in some states, and many of them conflict with each other.

With Roe v. Wade back in the hands of individual states, your health and cell phone data could find itself in the hands of law enforcement should they decide to prosecute under illegal abortion statutes.

Gov. Ron DeSantis went on the offensive Thursday afternoon in support of Florida's 15-week abortion ban hours after ruled he would block the restriction on reproductive rights in the state.

A Florida judge says he will temporarily block the state's 15-week abortion ban.

Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper said the new 15-week abortion ban, signed in April by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, violates Florida’s constitution.

Days after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade, people say they are still angry.

As the debate continues about abortion rights, many children’s services agencies are also considering the potential impact on Florida’s childcare system.

Reproductive health providers are asking a Florida court to block a new law from taking effect this week that would restrict abortions after 15 weeks.

A state court is being asked to block a new Florida law which bans most abortions after 15 weeks just days after a conservative U.S. Supreme Court majority overturned a landmark case that had provided constitutional protections for women seeking abortions for almost 50 years.

Several key, controversial laws here in Florida are set to go into effect this Friday, July 1.

At a campaign event Saturday at the Melbourne Auditorium, Sen. Debbie Mayfield, R-Melbourne, and Rep. Thad Altman, R-Indian Harbour Beach, expressed their support for the justices in the high court’s majority.

Following Friday’s Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade — overturning the decision and returning the issue of abortion to the states — many have come out with either overwhelming praise or swift condemnation.

Protests and praise followed the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe V. Wade.

The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away the nation’s constitutional protections for abortion that had stood for nearly a half-century. The decision by the court’s conservative majority overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling and is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.

Rep. Anthony Sabatini, a Republican who represents Lake County’s District 32 in the Florida House of Representatives, is calling for a special legislative session after the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion case was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court Friday.

With the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, calls are being renewed for Congress for a federal law on abortions. Stopping that effort, primarily, is the filibuster.

According to published media reports, Disney sent a letter to employees Friday, saying it would offer the benefit for family planning for any worker who cannot access abortive care where they live.

The landmark Roe v. Wade abortion case was overturned when the U.S. Supreme Court released a historic ruling.

A rally is being held in Orlando after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion case in a historic ruling.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis praised the Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade Friday, promising he would now work to expand the state's restrictions on abortion access.

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion case in a historic ruling Friday.

Police fired tear gas from the windows of the Arizona Capitol building to disperse hundreds of people demonstrating outside Friday night, as lawmakers briefly huddled in a basement.

The Supreme Court has stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion.

The Supreme Court has released a historic ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that found constitutional protection within the 12th Amendment to a woman’s right to an abortion.

Abortion rights activists have filed a legal protest in Malta’s courts demanding the legalization of abortion.

A synagogue claims in a lawsuit that a new Florida law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks violates religious freedom rights of Jews in addition to the state constitution’s privacy protections.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Florida court, contends the new law, HB 5, violates the state constitution’s broad protections for individual privacy.

While the nation is waiting to see what the U.S. Supreme Court's final decision will be in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which could result in an overturning of Roe v. Wade, the state of Florida has taken the proactive move of passing new restrictions on abortion.

Protests have erupted all over the country after Politico released a leaked initial draft majority opinion indicating the U.S. Supreme Court would overturn two abortion-related cases, which would end federal protection of abortion rights.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed HB 5 into law, a measure banning Florida doctors from performing abortions after 15 weeks of gestation.

After nearly seven years of legal battling, a Leon County circuit judge has approved a 24-hour waiting period for abortions in Florida.

Republicans in the Florida Senate have advanced a proposal to ban abortions after 15 weeks, rejecting Democratic attempts to soften its restrictions and add exceptions for rape, incest or trafficking.

Florida Republicans have rejected a move to create exemptions for rape, incest and human trafficking in their proposal to ban abortions after 15 weeks.

Despite fierce objections from Democrats who argued the proposal is unconstitutional, a Florida House panel on Wednesday approved a controversial bill that would prohibit doctors from performing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Gov. Ron DeSantis voices support for a Republican-led bill that would ban most abortions in Florida after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Florida House of Representatives file House Bill 5, which would ban all abortions after 15 weeks.

As the conservative-leaning Supreme Court this week signaled that it may dramatically limit abortion rights, polling suggests Americans want Roe v.

It's a crowded scene outside the Supreme Court, where hundreds of abortion debate partisans are trading chants while justices hear highly anticipated arguments inside.

The Supreme Court is allowing the Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in place for now, but has agreed to hear arguments in the case on Nov. 1.

The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to block the Texas law banning most abortions, while the fight over the measure’s constitutionality plays out in the courts.

A federal appeals court is once again allowing Texas to continue banning most abortions.

Pope Francis has repeated the Catholic stance that abortion is “murder,” a day after the tiny republic of San Marino became the latest Catholic state to legalize the procedure.

A bill regarding abortion in Florida titled the “Florida Heartbeat Act” was filed by Florida Representative Webster Barnaby on Wednesday morning.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on December 1 in Mississippi's bid to have the landmark Roe v.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis might support enacting a law that would ban abortion when a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

The Supreme Court has agreed to consider a major rollback of abortion rights, saying it will take up Mississippi’s bid to enforce a 15-week ban on the procedure.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Girls under the age of 18 would need to get a parent's permission before having an abortion in Florida under a bill that received its final Senate committee approval Wednesday. Florida already has a law requiring the parents of a minor be notified before an abortion is performed, but bill sponsor Republican Sen. Kelli Stargel said it doesn’t go far enough. “I believe that parental notification is basically a child just saying, `This is what I’m doing,'” Stargel said. “The bill continues a chipping away of women’s rights and that is something we shouldn’t trample on,” said Democratic Sen. Audrey Gibson. I think our young girls deserve better.”Republican Senate President Bill Galvano said the bill will be heard on the Senate floor next week and voted on the following week.