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The medical community dates pregnancy to the first day of a woman's last period, even though fertilization generally happens two weeks after that. It's a long-standing practice but a confusing one.

Why is a 6-week abortion ban nearly a total ban? It's about how we date a pregnancy

9:49am May 01, 2024

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The time a person has to decide whether to have an abortion in Florida and other states with six-week abortion bans is at most two weeks. Why? It's has to do with how we date early pregnancy.

Manuel Vazquez, owner of Coya's artisan ice cream, poses for a photo as he carries a tray of ice pops in the kitchen of his shop in Fort Myers, Florida, U.S., February 26, 2024.

In Florida, an exodus of people fleeing rising anti-immigrant sentiment

6:00pm April 24, 2024

by Jasmine Garsd

Nearly a year ago, Florida passed one of the toughest immigration laws in the country. It's caused an exodus in some communities. Those who stayed behind say it's made life terrifying.

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President Biden boards Air Force One in New Castle, Del., on April 22. On Tuesday, he's campaigning in Florida.

Politics & Government

Biden is campaigning in Florida a week before a new abortion ban takes effect

5:00am April 23, 2024

by Tamara Keith

There's a referendum on abortion rights on the ballot in Florida in November. President Biden's campaign says that could help buoy his chances there.

In March, mom Indira Navas learned that her son Andres, 6, was kicked off of Florida Medicaid, while her daughter, Camila, 12, was still covered. The family is one of millions dealing with Medicaid red tape this year.

Florida kicked their son off Medicaid in the 'unwinding' but not their daughter

12:22pm April 18, 2024

by Phil Galewitz

Nearly 1-in-4 adults who lost Medicaid coverage in the past year are now uninsured, according to a new survey. As states winnow the rolls, many families are caught in confusing red tape.

University of Miami Marine Sciences student Lauren Hayes with her catch, a 7 or 8 pound mutton snapper, which was released and returned to its reef habitat more than 100 feet below the surface.

After catch and release, here's how to make sure reef fish survive

4:33pm April 17, 2024

by Greg Allen

People who fish in Florida and in federal waters are required to have special gear on board to help ensure groupers, snappers and other reef fish survive when they're returned to the water.

A man works in a Florida agricultural field on a hot, humid day in July 2023, one of the hottest months ever recorded in the state. There are no federal heat regulations.

Florida blocks heat protections for workers right before summer

4:32pm April 12, 2024

by Alejandra Borunda

Miami-Dade County had proposed rules that would give workers breaks, water, and shade when it's too hot. But a new state law prevents cities and counties from doing that.

Choropleth map showing the average distance a person in each U.S. county has to travel, after the Arizona and Florida abortion bans take effect, to reach an abortion provider

How Florida and Arizona Supreme Court rulings change the abortion access map

5:06am April 11, 2024

How far do women have to travel to access abortion care? An economics professor has been tracking that data since 2009. Interactive maps show how access has changed dramatically since 2021.

Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives at the airport on Wednesday in Atlanta, Georgia. Trump is visiting Atlanta for a campaign fundraising event he is hosting.

Trump backed a federal abortion ban as president. Now, he says he wouldn't sign one

4:19pm April 10, 2024

by Danielle Kurtzleben

The former president has a long history of shifting - and at times confusing - stances on abortion rights.

Advocates outside Florida's historic Capitol wave drag pride flags during the Drag Queens March in 2023.

National

A Florida activist creates safe spaces as laws and rhetoric turn against trans rights

7:00am March 31, 2024

by Regan McCarthy

In founding Capital Tea, Janel Diaz sought to provide the kind of services that she had needed after her transition.

A wooden migrant boat lies grounded on a reef alongside mangroves, at Harry Harris Park in Tavernier, Fla., last year. The U.S. Coast Guard says that since October, has it intercepted and returned about 130 migrants to Haiti.

DeSantis is prepping for a wave of Haitian migrants. Advocates say he's grandstanding

4:52pm March 21, 2024

by Greg Allen

Florida's governor is deploying troops and law enforcement officers to intercept any migrants coming by boat from Haiti. Some Haitian-American leaders say it's more about politics than being prepared.