Florida governor signs law ending funding to clinics providing abortions

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

World | Fri Mar 25, 2016 5:03pm EDT

Florida governor signs law ending funding to clinics providing abortions

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. | BY BILL COTTERELL

Florida Governor Rick Scott on Friday signed a law that cuts off state funding for preventive health services to clinics providing abortion and imposes abortion restrictions already being tested before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Florida is among many states adopting new abortion laws as conservatives seek to chip away at the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

Scott signed 68 new laws and issued statements on some non-controversial bills on Friday but did not comment on the abortion statute.

The bill, which easily passed the Republican-controlled legislature earlier this month, has been the target of television advertisements by Planned Parenthood and protests at the Capitol by women urging a veto.

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[WhiteTara]

1. Vote Democratic in November!

[ellenrr]

2. excuse me - if you voted democrat in 2008 and 2012 and

wound up with this --

why would you say 'voting democratic' is the solution?

you are not thinking very clearly are you?

States determine abortion policies, the president doesn't matter....

[WhiteTara]

3. There are many down ticket races involved.

and btw, your use of "democrat" is considered a republican slur, in case you care.

[ellenrr]

5. i get it - if one capitalizes democrat and not republican that is a political statement?

very deep....

[ellenrr]

6. call me irrascible, but categorizing people based on how they type

strikes me as making you be considered a simpleton, in case you care...

Further - how did you get to be the absolute authority on what is considered what?

finally -- who the fuck are you to question me; i was a democrat before you were a thought.

[n2doc]

4. If folks who support women's rights don't treat this as a war

They will lose, as they have been doing this century. They have to put this at the top of their list when considering candidates, not just federal but especially state.

I know many are fighting hard. We need the more causal supporters to step up.

[edhopper]

7. Ant Floridians want to defend their State

where a majority of voters want this?