Fight For Girls' Abortion Rights In Florida

Expand Protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, March 2, 2016. © 2016 Reuters Today, on the 47th anniversary of Roe v. Wade – when the US Supreme Court affirmed access to abortion as a constitutional right – Florida legislators are considering a bill that would threaten adolescent girls’ access to abortion. The bill, HB265/SB404, would force teenage girls to get parental consent for abortion. Florida state law already requires girls under 18 to notify a parent before an abortion or go to court to get a waiver from a judge. The proposed law would require girls…

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