Seeking Rents
Seeking Rents – The Podcast
Florida politicians will go further to interfere with abortion – unless Florida voters stop them
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Florida politicians will go further to interfere with abortion – unless Florida voters stop them

A total abortion ban, legal rights for embryos, and the end of sex ed: A detailed look at how far extremist Florida politicians want to go in order to cut off access to reproductive healthcare.

In this episode: Over the past few years, Republican politicians in Florida have enacted a near-total abortion ban, spent millions in taxpayer money on anti-abortion propaganda, and blocked funding for contraceptive care. But many of them want to go much further — from completely banning abortion in all situations to granting legal rights to frozen embryos used for in vitro fertilization. That makes the stakes incredibly high for Amendment 4, a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would enshrine abortion rights into the Florida Constitution.

Show notes

Read Amendment 4 for yourself.

Learn more from the organization supporting it (Floridians Protecting Freedom).

See the impact of an abortion ban imposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers — a ban that would be overturned if 60 percent of Florida voters approve Amendment 4.

Make a plan to vote.

Questions or comments? Send ‘em to Garcia.JasonR@gmail.com

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Seeking Rents
Seeking Rents – The Podcast
"Rent-seeking" is a term in economics that describes when a corporation uses its political influence to twist tax laws and other public policy in its favor. Seeking Rents – The Podcast brings you the stories of how that's happening in Florida, where corporate interests like Florida Power & Light, Big Sugar, and Walt Disney World wield enormous influence everywhere from local city halls to the state Capitol. Hosted by award-winning journalist Jason Garcia, Florida's leading corporate-accountability reporter.