Tonight, the Florida House passed CS/CS/SB 404, which would create additional unnecessary barriers for young women seeking reproductive healthcare. In response, Agriculture Commissioner Nicole “Nikki” Fried offered the following statement:
“Denying young women the moral agency to make decisions about their own bodies doesn’t promote better family communication, and it doesn’t stop women from getting abortions. All this legislation does is put young women in harm’s way, both mentally and physically, for making a private decision afforded to them by the Florida Constitution. While lawmakers take this step today, they should be honest with Floridians about their ultimate goal: to strip all women of their right to make their own healthcare decisions.”
Commissioner Fried has been previously critical of the legislation, noting that “interference in women’s health choices has long been opposed by doctors, struck down by judges, and rejected by voters.”
