Gov. Rick Scott, Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Allen West have been invited to attend this year’s Values Voters Summit — one of the biggest conservative and religious right summits in the country.
With the final days of 2012′s legislative session drawing near, Planned Parenthood held a rally at the capitol yesterday to denounce a slew of anti-reproductive rights bills that have already made their way through committees in the Legislature this session.
Ave Maria University, a Catholic university in a town outside of Naples, is suing the federal government over a recent mandate requiring health insurers to cover contraception as a preventive service.
The Florida House voted unanimously today for a bill that would create a task force that would research how to best help babies born to women who are addicted to prescription medications.
The Florida Senate’s recently filed budget bill would restore funding for Healthy Start Coalitions to the amount they were receiving before suffering significant reductions last year.
A bill that would add a criminal offense if someone were to kill a woman and her “unborn child” through vehicular manslaughter was postponed this morning after a debate over the measure’s possible legal implications.
Michelle Cory, a 58-year-old resident of Margate, says a law making its way through the Florida Legislature that would restrict access to third trimester abortions would endanger the health of women with mental health problems.
A group of University of Central Florida students are continuing their fight against Congress’ efforts to eliminate the Obama administration’s birth control mandate.
A bill that would create a task force to look into ways to address an epidemic of babies born to women who are addicted to prescription medications moved closer to a final vote on the House floor today.
In a new Florida Times-Union op-ed, state Rep. Mia Jones, D- Jacksonville, writes that it is “not right” that the state is turning down federal grant money for child abuse prevention and maternal care home visiting that advocates fought hard for last year.
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