Dozens of Miami activists lay on the floor in front of downtown Miami’s Freedom Tower, staging a die-in to protest further abortion restrictions being considered in the Florida legislative session.
The message: Banning abortion will lead to deaths.
On International Women’s Day and 24 hours following the filing of House Bill 7 and Senate Bill 300 — which call for a near total abortion ban — members of the group Bans Off Miami also held gravestones emblazoned with causes of maternal mortality, the rate of which is three times higher in states with abortion bans.
According to a study by the Gender Equity Policy Institute, birthing people in states that banned abortion were up to three times more likely to die during pregnancy, during childbirth, or soon after giving birth. Just as concerning: Babies born in banned states were 30% more likely to die in their first month of life.
Senate Bill 30, introduced by Sen. Erin Grall (R-Fort Pierce), would prohibit abortions after six weeks, but does provide or exceptions in the case of rape or incest. It also provides for abortions to only be performed by physicians House Bill 7, introduced by Jenna Persons-Mulicka (R-Fort Myers) prohibits the use of state funds to travel to states that allow abortion
Activists pointed out that Florida already restricts abortion to 15 weeks, a new change ushered in last year that has already caused heartache across the state. There was the case of Deborah Dorbert, a Lakeland woman whose doctors refused to sign off on an abortion, even though her fetus had a serious condition that prevented it from surviving outside the womb, as The Washington Post reported. There’s Anabely Lopes, whose unborn child had a fatal abnormality. Her doctors were afraid to write letters recommending she terminate her pregnancy, so she had to travel from South Florida to Washington.
In January, the Florida Supreme Court in January agreed to take up a constitutional challenge to the 15-week limit by seven abortion clinics and a doctor. The argument is that it violates. A key issue in that case is whether the limit violates a privacy clause in the Florida Constitution.
“Abortion bans are deadly,” said Bans Off Miami Founder Kat Duesterhaus. “I think supporters of HB7 and SB30 don’t realize the lives they will endanger with a near total ban. Most don’t even realize they’re pregnant until around six weeks.”
Bans Off Miami invites members of the public to get involved by going to bit.ly/heypassidomo and asking Senate President Kathleen Passidomo to stop the abortion ban.
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” punish private companies because they criticize DeSantis’ policies, etc.”
Agree and someone is either private business or they are not .
I loved his policy of leaving it to private business if they shut down or not during the first few months of COVID but he then turns around and goes after them if they want masks worn while in their private business .
He goes after cruise liners if they want guests vaccinated so in other words he does not truly believe in private business .
He is the right wing version of another control freak who disdains private business which is Ca Democrat Newsom , both my sisters live in Ca .
Between DeSantis and Newsom I would take DeSantis any day as far as the economy but both are hypocrites .
Richard: We don’t need thousands of people to take part in these… What we need is women to be conscious, and start using a f*cking condom if they want to go all in during a wild night. Women’s rights are human rights, just as unborn children’s are. Naturally, you and all these women don’t care much about the rights of unborn children, do you?
Just a couple of thoughts: “Its priorities are to ban books from our libraries…” If you’d like your children to be exposed to sexually explicit material, just turn on your smart tv and visit a porn website and watch it with them, how about that? And regarding your concept of “deny women the ability to make medical decisions about their own bodies…” How about the “ability” of unborn children to defend themselves? Oh, right… they are unborn, so in your narrow-minded view, they have no rights. Nice mindset to be in.
Unfortunately, we have a Legislature that has become a propaganda platform for an ambitious candidate for the US Presidency. Its priorities are to ban books from our libraries, deny women the ability to make medical decisions about their own bodies, punish private companies because they criticize DeSantis’ policies, etc.
The women at the demonstration are brave and deserve our support. Our politicians in Tallahassee deserve some raspberries.
Thank God for Governor DeSantis and the GOP for taking steps to dial down the abortion genocide. Future generations will judge us harshly for butchering our babies in the name of convenience. Let’s go all the way with a complete ban!!!!
I’m glad to see that this demonstration took place. We need thousands of people to take part in these. Women’s rights are human rights.
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