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Abortion advocates will meet with legislators at Florida’s Capitol to educate them about funds used to help people access abortion care in the state.
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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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Senate and House Republicans proposed measures that seek to prevent abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
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Despite implementing a 15-week ban on the procedure, Florida still has one of the least restrictive abortion laws in the Southeast. Advocates say changing that could be "devastating" to the region.
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Florida doctors sign letter urging health care companies to stop donating to anti-abortion lawmakersThe letter, sent to companies including United Healthcare, Florida Hospital Association and Florida Blue, says companies need to make a choice between a responsibility to patients and politicians who have "put reproductive healthcare at risk."
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Studies have shown that a significant number of people struggle to afford menstrual products, and going without can cause people to miss school or work.
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Doctors say more of their patients are seeking permanent sterilization procedures, but some patients are reporting that doctors are unwilling to operate on people of childbearing age.
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The legal battle over Florida’s new 15-week abortion ban won’t go on a fast track to the state Supreme Court, which has previously ruled that the constitution’s privacy provisions guarantee a right to abortion.
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Birth control pills are available in the U.S. only with a prescription. Now a drugmaker is asking the FDA to approve a progestin-only contraceptive that would be available without one at pharmacies.
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Doctors say they're seeing a surge in the number of women who want their "tubes tied." But hospital capacity, paperwork, religion and personal opinion are just some of the reasons requests get denied.
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The order will create a new task force on reproductive health care that will help coordinate the administration's policies. However, additional actions will depend on Congress.