The Florida House today passed two bills that would restrict welfare – one, which would restrict access to cash assistance or food stamps for anyone with a past drug felony conviction, and another that would add restrictions to how welfare beneficiaries can use public cash assistance and food stamps.
During debate before the House’s final approval of the appropriations bill, state Rep. Chuck Chestnut, D-Gainesville, introduced an amendment that would remove the $2 million crisis pregnancy centers are slated to receive.
Last night, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart aired a segment highlighting Florida’s welfare drug testing law.
One of two anti-abortion bills that passed through a justice committee in the state House this morning would grant “a legal right to a rapist,” Democratic members of the committee argued today.
A controversial bill that would outlaw sex- or race-based abortions in Florida passed a state House health committee today.
State Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, has put three anti-abortion bills on the state Legislature’s calendar for tomorrow.
The South Florida casino bill that passed its first vote in the Florida House of Representative last week has prompted bills that regulate other gaming business, while opponents move ahead aggressively in the media.
State. Sen Gary Siplin, D-Orlando, has introduced the Senate version of a bill that outlaws sex- or race-based abortions.
With the beginning of session only days away, Florida legislators have been busy filing a slew of anti-abortion bills. Add yet another to the list: a measure outlawing race- and gender-based abortions. The bill was filed by state Rep. Scott Plakon, R-Longwood.
Though support for “fetal personhood” measures seems to be growing across the country, an examination of the movement’s detractors reveals an interesting personhood foe — pro-lifers who say the effort to ban abortion could backfire.
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