By Dave Andrusko On Tuesday, the Florida House Health and Human Services Committee approved House Bill 265, a measure that would require parental consent before a minor girl under 18 could obtain an abortion. The vote was 12-5. As required by previous Supreme Court decisions, under HB 265, the minor girl would have the option …
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Editor’s note. This appeared at The Florida Report August 7th. Those in Florida who oppose Sen. Lauren Book’s controversial measure are speaking out. On Wednesday, President of Florida Right to Life Lynda Bell responded to Book’s proposed bill calling for a constitutional amendment that would prohibit the Florida House of Representatives and Senate from voting …
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By Jan Halisky, Florida Right to Life Vice-President for Legislative Affairs The Florida Legislative Session just ended on May 3rd, and we thought you would like to have a summary of the results from a pro-life perspective. We want to thank everyone who contacted legislators during the session. We were told that communications from pro-lifers …
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By Gayle Irwin Two years ago, Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida warned that it would have to close a facility if a change passed by Congress and signed by Donald Trump were to go into effect, stripping them of Title X Family Planning Funding. Located in the rural and impoverished town of Immokalee, …
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By Dave Andrusko Florida moved one step closer Wednesday to replacing its parental notice law with a law that would require parental consent for girls under 18 wishing to abort. By a vote of 69-44, the House approved HB 1335 after three hours of debate. SB 1774, an identical parallel measure, is being considered in …
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By Jan Halisky, Florida Right to Life, Vice-President for Legislative Affairs In the upcoming Florida Legislative session (to commence March 5), State Senator Joe Gruters has sponsored SB-558, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. This bill is supported by Florida Right to Life. (A federal version of it was advocated in the State of the …
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Bill Nelson even supports brutal partial-birth abortions. By Karen Cross, National Right to Life Political Director Pro-life Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) is challenging radical incumbent pro-abortion Senator Bill Nelson (D) in one of the most competitive Senate races in 2018. The outcome could determine whether the Senate continues to be led by pro-life Republicans. …
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By Dave Andrusko By an overwhelming 72-42 margin, Florida’s House of Representatives Thursday approved HB1429, a bill which would outlaw the savage procedure of killing a living unborn child by ripping and tearing the baby apart limb by limb. The ban on dismemberment abortions was passed almost exclusively along party lines with all but three …
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By Florida Right to Life In a stunning victory for life, our elderly, sick and vulnerable were saved from a dangerous piece of legislation called Physicians Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST). Our legislative team led by attorney Jan Halisky kept the committee members informed about this life-ending legislation. Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Jeff Brandes, presented …
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By Florida Right to Life Yesterday, in another case of judicial overreach, Circuit Judge Terry Lewis permanently blocked the enforcement of a common sense law that provided for a 24 hour waiting period before a woman undergoes a surgical procedure that ends the life of a baby. Abortion can have severe ramifications for girls or …
Continue reading "In another case of judicial activism, Judge blocks Florida’s 24 Hour Waiting Period!"By Dave Andrusko In the latest phase of a lengthy and convoluted legal battle, Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis ruled today that HB633, signed into law by pro-life Florida Gov. Rick Scott in June 2015 is unconstitutional and permanently blocked enforcement of the law. In Judge Lewis’s view, requiring a pregnant woman to meet …
Continue reading "Circuit Court Judge says Florida’s 24-hour waiting requirement to have an abortion is unconstitutional"By Dave Andrusko Another round of arguments took place Tuesday in the courtroom of Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis in an ongoing fight over Florida’s HB633, signed into law by pro-life Gov. Rick Scott in June 2015. The state asked Judge Lewis to order a trial on the merits of HB633, a law that …
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