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In a sharply worded order, a federal judge issues a temporary restraining order after a lawsuit was filed against the state by a group campaigning for the abortion-rights amendment proposal.

In addition to seeing patients cross borders to undergo the procedure, Dr. Taylor Walker is witnessing another trend: future doctors avoid doing their residency in states with abortion restrictions.

The county judge wrote that his ruling means the law in the state returns to what it was before the law took effect in 2022, allowing abortions through at least 20 weeks of pregnancy. The state plans to appeal.

Abortion funds have been around for decades, but they got big boosts from donors around the time the Supreme Court overturned Roe. Some groups are reducing aid as travel costs rise.

Plaintiffs' attorneys say the state is interfering in the Amendment 4 vote. The state's lawyers contend public agencies are required to opine on policy. The judge says he will “do his best” to make a ruling soon.

The case stems from 193 abortions that an OB-GYN at the Center of Orlando for Women clinic, performed during a two-week period immediately after the waiting-period law took effect.

An increase in telehealth abortions and a strong support network could explain why the drop wasn't as steep as in other states with six-week bans, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

Among the priorities of students advocating for abortion rights: expanding access to contraception and promoting Amendment 4, which would allow abortions in Florida until fetal viability.

The deputy secretary of state has asked election supervisors in Hillsborough, Orange, Osceola and Palm Beach counties to gather roughly 36,000 signatures to review.

Whether scrambling to get patients abortions before six weeks or helping them to clinics in other states, the groups say a lot more help is needed since the restrictions went into effect.