Abortion bills ready for final House vote

Posted by on Apr 26, 2011 in Latest News | 0 comments

The Florida House is ready Wednesday to approve a sweeping series of abortion restrictions, including a requirement that women undergo ultrasounds before they can terminate pregnancies, reports the News Service of Florida. House members took up five bills Tuesday that target issues such as insurance coverage for abortions, teen abortions, state funding of abortions and clinic ownership. A sixth...

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‘Parental Notice of Abortion’ bill moves forward with tight restrictions on judicial bypass

Posted by on Apr 26, 2011 in Latest News | 0 comments

The Florida Senate Judiciary committee today passed the “Parental Notice of Abortion” bill with new language that would restrict which courts a minor has access to when seeking a judicial bypass of parental notification. The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, said the change was made because he wants to avoid a situation in which young women would be “judge-shopping”...

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House committee advances abortion measures

Posted by on Apr 21, 2011 in Latest News | 1 comment

When the federal health overhaul fully kicks in, Florida residents and small businesses will have a new avenue for buying health insurance, leading lawmakers to move to ban those policies from covering abortions, reports Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida. The House and Senate are moving forward with bills banning abortion coverage from policies that will be sold through health-insurance...

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Bill Cotterell: Legislative decorum can be a joking matter

Posted by on Apr 7, 2011 in Latest News | 0 comments

…The latest occurred when state Rep. Scott Randolph, D-Orlando, made a point during a House floor debate last month. He said Republicans love big corporations but don’t mind invading women’s privacy — joking that maybe his wife should incorporate her uterus so GOP legislators would show some respect. That went unnoticed until word got out that the House leadership admonished...

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From the Florida House to national media, ‘uterus’ is runaway hit

Posted by on Apr 7, 2011 in Latest News | 1 comment

A little thing happened in the Florida House two weeks ago. A Democrat from Orlando said “uterus” during a floor debate. No one much noticed, or cared, until word leaked that Republicans told Democrats they couldn’t say the word. Now people can’t stop saying it. Angry with cuts to education? Democrats say uterus. Don’t like giving Gov. Rick Scott more power? Uterus. Upset with the way...

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