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In a case that could have a dramatic impact on women’s reproductive rights, the Florida Supreme Court on Friday heard arguments in a constitutional challenge to a 2022 state law that prevents abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

One in five women nation-wide report negative experiences with their healthcare providers during and following pregnancy.

Wakulla County Commissioners are poised to make a decision next Monday on a rezoning proposal that, if passed, would allow a gas station to be built over an underground cave that feeds into Wakulla Springs.

Northwest Florida’s water management district is introducing new technology that turns harmful algae found in ponds into fertilizer for crops.

It’s been a little longer than a year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade—turning decisions about abortion access over to individual states. In that time, Florida has enacted a law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, passed a 6-week ban that remains pending, and prepared to challenge a privacy clause in the state constitution that has, in the past, been found to protect abortion rights. Now, advocates are working to put language in the state constitution that explicitly protects abortion access.

Researchers from Florida State University’s College of Nursing are partnering with colleagues in Vietnam to help teach about sexual health and HIV testing—especially among gay and bisexual Vietnamese men. The researchers see this as a chance to address both HIV and the need for more cross-continent relationships among healthcare experts.

$200,000 has been donated since January to GoFundMe fundraisers started by trans people seeking to leave Florida, according to data from the platform.

A Tallahassee hospital says they are going through emergency supplies to make ends meet.

Under the bill most kids under 18 won’t be able to receive gender affirming care including puberty blockers or hormone therapy. Some kids who have already begun such treatment will be able to continue, but the bill instructs the state Board of Medicine to make rules about what that will look like.

If a pregnant person is struggling with mental health and considering suicide, several states' laws, including Florida's, specifically say the "life of the mother" exception does not apply to them.