Progress Florida and other reproductive rights advocates presented petitions signed by more than 5,500 Floridians to Gov. Rick Scott and Dr. Celeste Philip, Surgeon General and Secretary of the Florida Department of Health (DOH).
President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court should concern every Floridian.
Florida’s working families who have been waiting to see the benefits of the Trump-GOP tax cuts will be waiting awhile longer: their promised tax cuts will likely be eaten up by higher gas prices just as they hit the road for the Fourth of July holiday and by higher health insurance and prescription drug costs.
“The nominee to replace Justice Kennedy must be a fair-minded constitutionalist who values equality and justice for all, not just the wealthy and powerful, and understands the impact of the law on all Americans.”
Progress Florida today unveiled its 2018 “People First” Report Card grading every lawmaker on the votes they cast during the 2018 legislative session across a wide spectrum of issues important to Floridians.
Lining an entire block on West Kennedy Boulevard in Tampa, more than 50 representatives from the National Organization for Women and Progress Florida held a press conference Friday afternoon to call attention to the proliferation of fake women’s health centers in Florida.
“In Florida, the right to privacy is fundamental, including the right to an abortion. We applaud the CRC for not taking away this fundamental right of privacy for women in Florida.”
Today, Floridians for Reproductive Freedom denounced Gov. Rick Scott and legislative leaders after Scott signed House Bill 41, which legitimizes and permanently funds with taxpayer dollars fake clinics that use medically inaccurate information to oppose abortion and judge, shame, and mislead women.
Amy Weintraub has joined Progress Florida as our Reproductive Rights Program Director and Deputy Communications Director. She will be a great source for the media on issues surrounding reproductive rights and will be available as a spokesperson on abortion rights and a broad range of health care related issues moving forward.
With the Florida House poised to debate HB 41 on the floor today, Progress Florida is calling on Florida lawmakers to reject this legislation that would funnel taxpayer dollars to anti-abortion “crisis pregnancy centers” that spread misinformation and false information to pregnant women.
