Planned Parenthood Fallout Grows In Florida
• Planned Parenthood has been cited for performing second trimester abortions, but a letter released today shows state officials agreeing with how the clinics define the first trimester.
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• Planned Parenthood has been cited for performing second trimester abortions, but a letter released today shows state officials agreeing with how the clinics define the first trimester.
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• Gov. Rick Scott has ordered investigations into Florida Planned Parenthood clinics.
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• Planned Parenthood on Monday asked an appeals court to reconsider its decision and allow abortions to continue in its Kissimmee clinic. A three-judge panel ruled late last month that abortions must stop while a lower court case continues.
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• Sexual assault victims in Central Florida will now be able to get low-cost treatment closer to home. That’s because of an agreement between the local Planned Parenthood and Victim Service Center announced this week. Planned Parenthood’s new Kissimmee clinic is now part of a referral agreement with Victim Service Center, which runs the local 24-hour rape crisis hotline.
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• A string of Republican Senate candidates are getting behind over-the-counter birth control, a move that could draw women voters.
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• Women’s rights activists are calling on state lawmakers to expand health care for all Floridians. They gathered Wednesday one day after primary elections to celebrate women’s right to vote and call on women to back candidates in November who support the Affordable Care Act. A small throng of elected leaders and representatives from Planned Parenthood and other groups gathered at Senator Beth Johnson Park. Johnson was the first woman in the state Senate. Michelle Levy of the League of Women Voters of Orange County says uneven access to affordable health care is a lingering source of inequality for women. “We have the right to vote, and if we don’t use it for issues that are important to women then what …
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• An insurer denied free coverage for NuvaRing, a small birth control device that works for three weeks at a time by releasing hormones similar to those used by birth control pills.
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