As Florida bans legal abortion, where will 84,000 women go?

[RandySF]

(The Hill) — The potential fallout from Florida’s looming six-week abortion ban is likely to reverberate across the entire country, and abortion access groups are preparing for an imminent crisis.

The state Supreme Court’s ruling Monday to uphold the current 15-week ban and allow a six-week ban to take effect May 1 will effectively shut off abortion access in the South, where neighboring states already enforce near-total abortion bans or severe restrictions.


There were 84,000 abortions performed in Florida last year, including thousands for women who needed to travel from out of state, according to state data.

Come May 1, almost all of those women will need to find somewhere else to go.

“The Southeast can’t absorb that number with the clinics that are available,” said Laura Goodhue, executive director of the Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates.



https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/as-florida-bans-legal-abortion-where-will-84000-women-go/amp/

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

1. Jeyifo said she's frustrated to hear people talk about the politics of the ballot measure -- which Democrats say may help

Jeyifo said she’s frustrated to hear people talk about the politics of the ballot measure — which Democrats say may help mobilize voters — rather than about the people who are going to be most impacted by the strict abortion ban.

“We’re seeing glee from so many people, you know, ‘we’re going to have a ballot amendment, Florida’s back in play now!’ And that’s going to be on the backs of people for at least the next nine months that will not be able to access common essential lifesaving, life-affirming health care,” Jeyifo said.

“What about the people who are going to be suffering throughout this process? You know, is anyone paying attention to them?”

[NanaCat]

2. Short-sighted of her to resent Democrats

For seeing how these initiatives can benefit the party

Does she not understand how a local referendum might help some women in the short term, but getting Democrats elected will help the cause of body autonomy rights far beyond abortion for all Americans?

There's more to this election than her pet cause. Untold millions of people will suffer just as much as women of child-bearing age if Democrats don't win this election.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. What she's concerned about is the people who will not be able to access abortion after May 1, and the frustration

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stems from people focusing on the referendum at the expense of all else in the meantime. Which makes sense, since she works for an abortion fund. Her mission and the mission of her org is to help people get abortions.

[lark]

4. FL women are going to vote to enshrine the right to an abortion on 11/7.

That's what's going to happen. FL SCOTUS approved the bill and we will vote yes in masses.

[Ping Tung]

5. The MAGA pro-preggers want to send them to prison for murder.

Or, preferably to watch them burned at the stake in Mar a lago.