Abortion

The federal law is called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, and it requires doctors to stabilize or treat any patient who shows up at an emergency room.

In a 12-minute address at Hillsborough Community College, Biden warned of "extreme" laws that restrict abortion access, and he blamed Trump, his predecessor and presumptive 2024 rival, for making those policies possible.

Biden argued that Trump created a “health care crisis for women all over this country.” The president was at HCC in Tampa seeking to capitalize on momentum against abortion restrictions nationwide.

While there were both pro- and anti-abortion protesters, many were also calling President Joe Biden a hypocrite for supporting abortion while women in Gaza die during the Israel-Hamas conflict.

The issue of abortion will be the focus when President Joe Biden visits Tampa on Tuesday afternoon. It will be one of the centerpieces of his reelection campaign.

The poll of 1,000 Florida registered voters shows 32% are unsure. The proposal requires 60% of the vote to pass. Also, a majority said a six-week abortion ban that takes effect May 1 is "too strict."

With the Florida Supreme Court upholding the state’s new restrictive abortion ban, pregnant women in Florida, especially those in South Florida, may soon head to countries in Latin America, where several countries have legalized the procedure, a reproductive health expert told WLRN on Friday.

Three Florida Supreme Court justices contend if voters approve a November ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution, it likely would not end legal battles about the issue.

Florida House Speaker Paul Renner said the language of the abortion amendment is ill-defined. Meanwhile, Dr. Chelsea Daniels said people are already feeling the impact of the six-week abortion ban taking effect on May 1.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we discuss three decisions from the Florida Supreme Court on abortion access and recreational marijuana use, Colorado State releases its annual forecast for the 2024 hurricane season, Lee County prepares to sue FEMA over its loss of flood insurance discount, why home buyers are getting priced out in Tampa Bay, why online gambling could provide millions to save land and fight sea rise, and the rise in calls to the state's gambling hotline.

One of the ballot initiatives would enshrine abortion rights in the Constitution and the other would authorize recreational marijuana for people ages 21 and older.

They include the abortion and recreational marijuana initiatives the Florida Supreme Court signed off on, along with partisan school board elections.