On Tuesday afternoon, Mikenzie Buchanan scooped up an armful of clipboards piled behind the front desk at A Woman’s Choice, an abortion clinic here; it was almost too many to hold. On each clipboard, behind a blue cover to protect personal information, were documents and charts for patients who had visited the clinic to receive a medication abortion that day.
Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday, to focus on abortion access the same day the state's six-week abortion ban goes into effect. Harris' trip comes a little more than a week after President Joe Biden also traveled to the state for a campaign event in Tampa, where he blasted the pending ban, which has some narrow exceptions. During Biden's Tampa event, the president called out former President Donald Trump by name, blaming him for the spread of abortion bans across the country following the overruling of Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Florida's ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, went into effect Wednesday, and some doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care.
Voters will have a choice in November: keep the new six-week ban or approve a proposed constitutional amendment that would guarantee abortion access before “fetal viability.”
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Anna’s period was only three days late when she took a pregnancy test just over a week ago. When she saw the positive result, she knew she wanted an abortion. A hospitality worker in north Florida, Anna earns barely $2,000 a month. She had only recently returned to work after the birth […] The post From crowded to quiet: Inside a clinic as Florida bans abortions after six weeks appeared first on Louisiana Illuminator.