Roe v Wade

As more states outlaw abortion, some define human life as starting at fertilization. Some patients and health care workers worry that this could jeopardize in vitro fertilization treatments.

A coalition of groups says the states that haven't expanded Medicaid are more likely to restrict access to abortion and other reproductive care, and that makes it more important for residents to get health coverage.

The attorneys for abortion clinics and a physician filed a response after Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office last week requested that the case effectively bypass the 1st District Court of Appeal and go to the Florida Supreme Court.

The idea is to provide a clinic aboard a ship in federal waters, and out of reach of state laws, that would offer first-trimester surgical abortions, contraception and other care.

The request was part of a flurry of legal activity after Leon County Judge John Cooper issued a temporary injunction to block the law and the state filed an appeal, which keeps the ban in place.

WMFE spoke with Melanie Guldi, associate professor of economics at the University of Central Florida, about how Florida's new abortion law might affects you and the state economy.

The state is in a court battle over its new law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks. On The Florida Roundup, host Tom Hudson hosts a discussion about the law, which will likely be decided by the Florida Supreme Court.

The poll finds 22% of U.S. adults name abortion or women’s rights in an open-ended question as one of five problems they want the government to work on. That’s nearly tripled since December.

The judge's oral ruling, based on the state constiution's privacy protections, isn't binding until he signs a written order, likely next week. Meantime, the law has gone into into effect . The state plans to appeal.

In this conversation with WMFE, therapist Cherlette McCullough says she’s receiving calls from people on both sides of the abortion debate.