Find out how abortion clinics in Florida have been striving to accept as many patients as they can before the upcoming legislation of the state's constraints on abortions beyond six weeks, contracted for Wednesday.
Florida abortion providers and activists are girding for a law that will take effect Wednesday and prevent abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, severely limiting access to abortion for women in the state and across the Southeast.
Octavio Jones/ReutersThe place to be earlier this month in Central Florida was the 242-seat Planned Parenthood Orlando Benefit Dinner, a pink-and-black themed event titled “Brave.” It even had a waiting list.“It was the who's who of Central Florida,” Florida state Rep. Anna Eskamani (D-Orlando), who attended the April 18 fundraiser, told The Daily Beast. “It was a sold-out event.”The dinner did not feature a celebrity speaker like other recent Planned Parenthood events in the area—actress Amber