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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.

In Tampa, the president also spoke about lowering drug prices and attacked Big Pharma. He also vowed to veto any legislation that would raise the cost of prescriptions or overturn the Affordable Care Act.

The topic will be his plan to "protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare and lower health care costs,'' according to a news release. The Florida visit comes two days after his State of the Union address.

Here are the Thanksgiving and spring semester plans of private universities and colleges around the Tampa Bay region.

The coronavirus is causing local universities to bring home some of their students who were studying abroad.