Florida abortion rights advocates are urging the Legislature to pass the Reproductive Freedom Act, which aims to peel back restrictive policies like the six-week abortion ban.
“Reproductive health care is health care,” said Michelle Grimsley Shindano, Planned Parenthood Florida Action’s director of policy and government affairs, after a rally outside the Capitol.
“So it is a human right to be able to receive health care, and so why shouldn't we continue to fight for that?” she continued.
There's certainly a long fight ahead. The legislation, SB 1308/HB 1151, isn’t likely to pass this legislative session or any in the near future.
Democratic lawmakers joined activists at the rally. But the Capitol is controlled by a GOP supermajority that's largely against abortions.
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, they’ve significantly restricted abortion access.
“As pro-life Americans, it is incumbent on us to be the voice of the voiceless," Gov Ron DeSantis has said.
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