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The state sent an email to all state medical providers about abortion medication and the criminal penalties surrounding it.
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More than half of the respondents say they feel at least somewhat “sad” or “angry” about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Birth control pills are available in the U.S. only with a prescription. Now a drugmaker is asking the FDA to approve a progestin-only contraceptive that would be available without one at pharmacies.
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Pharmacists refusing to fill prescriptions for medications used for abortion could be violating civil rights law. The meds are also used to treat miscarriages, arthritis and ulcers.
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The appeal keeps the law in effect - for now. The appeal was expected following Judge John Cooper's ruling, in which he said the law violated the state constitution's privacy protections.
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If the Supreme Court affirms the leaked draft decision and overturns abortion rights, the effects would be sweeping in states where Republican-led legislatures have been eagerly awaiting the repudiation of a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy.
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AHCA records show 16,623 abortions in 2022, which would be a 38% drop if the trend continued through the year.
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Democrats say it's a "raid on women’s rights" while Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state's abortion law is “the strongest that Florida has seen in decades.”
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“I’m super pissed, I’m just like, 'Get your hands off of my uterus, off of my body,' " said Lauren Lauren Routt, who was among those demonstrating across the state after the leak of a Supreme Court opinon on Roe v. Wade.
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Abortion rights advocates say no matter what the U.S. Supreme Court ruling is, they will continue to fight for safe access to the procedure.