Protecting Florida women from fake clinics
Did you know that more than 120 anti-abortion, fake women’s health centers operate in Florida? What if I told you that you are helping pay for them?
Did you know that more than 120 anti-abortion, fake women’s health centers operate in Florida? What if I told you that you are helping pay for them?
As we saw throughout this year, when progressives organize, mobilize, and fight back, we stand a good chance at winning even against seemingly impossible odds. In 2018, with your help, here are just some of the things Progress Florida will be doing.
For the third time in the last two years, the courts have struck down backwards, unconstitutional laws designed to attack and shame women seeking an abortion. This is #WhyCourtsMatter.
HB 19 is yet another lie waiting to be turned into yet another unnecessary law undermining women’s reproductive rights. HB 19 singles out doctors who perform abortions, subverting existing medical malpractice law, and interfering in personal medical decisions. It needs to be stopped.
Over the weekend, tens of thousands of women and allies for women’s rights marched in cities and towns throughout our state, joining millions of people throughout our country and around the world.
For too long, Florida policymakers have enacted obstacle after obstacle to prevent women from exercising their reproductive rights. Whether it’s arbitrarily contrived waiting periods, burdensome requirements on abortion clinics, patients and their doctors, or efforts to defund organizations that provide abortion care, enough is enough.