Until now, most abortions in Florida have taken place later than six weeks of pregnancy. The new law will replace a 15-week abortion ban that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law in April 2022, shortly before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Later on Saturday morning, as patients left the clinic, protesters encouraged…
More than 20 counties in western and Central Florida have issued evacuation orders as Hurricane Idalia approaches, including parts of Tampa, the state’s third-largest city. Each county in Florida has its own website that residents can check for the recommended level of preparation. Here is the latest, as of 5 a.m. Eastern time on Tuesday.…
After an overhaul to Florida’s African American history standards, Gov. Ron DeSantis, the state’s firebrand governor campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, is facing a barrage of criticism this week from politicians, educators and historians, who called the state’s guidelines a sanitized version of history. For instance, the standards say that middle schoolers should be…
A federal judge in Florida ruled on Tuesday that three transgender children can be prescribed puberty blockers, despite a new state law that prohibits gender transition care for minors and adds new hurdles for adults who seek similar care. Though the ruling applied narrowly only to the three families that requested it, the judge wrote…