What’s next in Florida’s battle over abortion

Florida’s abortion rights groups are taking stock after a narrow loss in last week’s ballot referendum but say the fight to overturn the state’s six-week abortion ban isn’t over.....MORE

Florida’s abortion ban puts women at risk, say doctors advocating for Yes on 4

Medical doctors are emerging as political advocates in the fierce fight to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.....MORE

Fox News: Women Don't Know What They Are Doing!

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld said, "I still think it's a sad state of affairs when the most important thing in a woman's life is abortion."

Florida health officials threaten television stations for airing abortion ballot campaign ad

Florida’s Department of Health is threatening local television stations with criminal prosecution if they do not stop airing an ad in support of an abortion rights ballot initiative.....MORE

Fight over Florida's abortion amendment statement heads to the Supreme Court

A political committee leading efforts to pass a constitutional amendment on abortion rights has asked the Florida Supreme Court to invalidate a revised "financial impact statement" that would appear on the November ballot with the initiative.....MORE

Federal judge: Alabama can’t stop abortion fund lawsuit

A federal judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit against Alabama’s GOP attorney general for suggesting he would prosecute those who help with out-of-state travel for abortions.....Read More

Florida’s 6-week abortion ban, backed by DeSantis, takes effect Wednesday

Reproductive health advocates across the southeastern U.S. are bracing for a major change in Florida’s abortion laws. The state’s six-week abortion ban, titled the “Heartbeat Protection Act,” goes into effect on Wednesday, replacing a less restrictive 15-week ban signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022.....Read More

Abortion Becomes ‘Front And Center’ In Florida

The Florida Supreme Court last week issued explosive decisions that rolled back decades of legal precedents and set in motion a dramatic restriction on abortion while paving the way for an electoral clash over abortion rights in November.....Read More

Florida politicos react to Supreme Court ruling putting abortion on 2024 ballot

The Florida Supreme Court’s major ruling Monday will allow voters to weigh in on whether to amend the state’s constitution to protect abortion rights until the point of viability.....Read More

U.S. Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Tuesday on abortion pill limits

The same U.S. Supreme Court that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion will hear oral arguments Tuesday over access to mifepristone, a pharmaceutical used in both medication abortion and miscarriage care.....Read More

THIS State's Supreme Court Has Ruled Frozen Embryos Are 'Children'

The Alabama Supreme ruled that that frozen embryos are children. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks.

Florida bill could establish ‘fetal personhood’

The Florida Senate is on the way to passing a bill that critics say would establish “fetal personhood” in civil liability cases.

But Democrats and critics of the bill argued it’s a roundabout way of creating fetal personhood, a belief that a fetus should be recognized as a legal and moral person with rights, often including the right to life, from the moment of conception.

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Listen to the oral arguments at the Florida Supreme Court over Amendment 4 on abortion rights

Gleneich · Abortion Amendment Arguments

On Feb. 7, the Florida Supreme Court heard oral arguments about a proposed constitutional amendment regarding abortion rights. If the State Supreme Court allows the issue on the ballot it will be Amendment 4.

Arguing against the amendment going on November’s ballot were Florida’s Senior Deputy Solicitor General Nathan A. Forrester and Matt Staver.

Arguing for Amendment 4 going on the 2024 ballot was Courtney Brewer, the attorney for the group supporting the abortion rights ballot initiative, Floridians Protecting Freedom.

The Supreme Court Justices weighed in with questions: Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz and Justices Charles T. Canady, Jorge Labarga, John D. Couriel, Jamie R. Grosshans, Renatha Francis and Meredith L. Sasso.

Illinois bill would give tax credit to residents fleeing states with abortion, gender-affirming care bans

People and health care providers forced to leave states with laws limiting access to gender-affirming medical care and abortion may soon be eligible for a $500 tax credit if they move to Illinois.....Read More

Florida Supreme Court justices sharply question state on abortion ballot measure

Florida’s Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday of the state’s arguments that the language on a ballot initiative to protect abortion was misleading.....Read More

Supreme Court to hear abortion pill arguments in March

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on March 26 in a case that could limit the availability of the common abortion pill mifepristone. 

The justices will hear an appeal from the Biden administration and the maker of the branded version of mifepristone asking the high court to reverse a ruling from a federal appeals court that significantly curtailed access to the pill, even in states where abortion remains fully legal.

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Supreme Court’s looming mifepristone decision leaves abortion rights in spotlight

The Supreme Court’s expected decision this summer on whether to restrict access to medication abortion promises to keep the issue front and center of the 2024 election.

Justices will hear a case weighing federal approval of the common abortion pill mifepristone, with a likely ruling in June — five months before voters decide who will go to the White House and Congress, and almost exactly two years after the high court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion.

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Floridians Protecting Freedom campaign reaches required signatures to get abortion on the 2024 ballot

The Floridians Protecting Freedom campaign has reached enough signatures to put abortion on the 2024 ballot in Florida, according to data posted on the Florida Department of State's Division of Elections website.....Read More

Florida Supreme Court to hear abortion amendment case next month

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and advocates behind a proposed ballot initiative to keep abortion legal will argue before the state Supreme Court next month. Oral arguments in the case were set for Feb. 7, the court announced Wednesday.....Read More

Backers say the Florida Supreme Court should OK an abortion rights initiative

Sign at Women's March in St. Petersburg, Florida. By Seán Kinane / WMNF News

Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment that would ensure abortion rights in Florida have fired back at Attorney General Ashley Moody’s arguments that the measure should be blocked from the 2024 ballot.....Read More