Abortion Rights

Florida issues emergency rules for medical treatment amid new abortion ban

The rules are related to treating medical conditions that pose dangers to the lives of pregnant women or unborn children

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

With a law now in effect preventing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Florida health-care regulators Thursday released emergency rules related to treating medical conditions that pose dangers to the lives of pregnant women or unborn children. The state Agency for Health Care Administration published two rules that apply to hospitals and abortion clinics...

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Photos: President Biden bashes Florida's abortion ban, while protesters hammer him on Palestine

Florida’s six-week ban on abortion goes into effect next week, and Kaitlyn Joshua wanted Tampa to know what that means to her. On…

By Ray Roa

Photos: President Biden bashes Florida's abortion ban, while protesters hammer him on Palestine
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May 1, 2024

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