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Strict abortion bans in nearby states are contributing to a nearly 50% increase in the number of out-of-state residents coming to Florida for the procedure in recent years.
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A 15-week ban on abortion in Florida hasn't decreased the number of procedures done here as women from surrounding states with more restrictive bans head to the Sunshine State for their procedures. After the 15-week ban became law, Florida abortion clinics, ironically, became busier.
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Florida Planned Parenthood centers are preparing for the new legal landscape as clinics face mounting pressure after Florida GOP lawmakers filed a bill that would ban abortions after six weeks.
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Planned Parenthood says it will provide abortions out of an RV-based clinic in southern Illinois by the end of the year. It will reduce travel time for some patients coming from surrounding states.
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Leon County Judge John Cooper told the lawyers in the case he's likely to rule from the bench after hearing closing arguments, but that might not be soon enough to stop the new law from going into effect.
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Florida is dominated politically by Republicans — but also has one of the nation's highest abortion rates. In the post-Roe world, advocates on both sides are shifting their attention to the state's new 15-week ban, scheduled to take effect July 1 but being challenged in court.
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New data from the Guttmacher Institute shows the number of abortions rose in 2020, reversing a decades-long trend toward declining numbers.
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The 5-4 decision of Planned Parenthood v. Casey upheld Roe in 1992 but paved the way for more restrictions on abortion access.
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Scott, who divorced Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, has given away more than $12 billion to nearly 1,200 groups.
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Initially, both telehealth and in-person visits in the individual and family counseling arenas will be available and other services will likely be added before long.
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In Virginia and Kentucky, activists on both sides of the abortion debate are working to elect candidates at the state level with the power to affect abortion policy.
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The organization says it is leaving the federal family planning program because of rule changes that prohibit its grantees from providing or referring most patients for abortion.