{"id":51164,"date":"2024-10-19T20:36:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T00:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=51164"},"modified":"2024-10-19T20:36:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T00:36:45","slug":"floridas-own-data-shows-its-lying-about-forced-birth-exceptions-and-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/10\/19\/floridas-own-data-shows-its-lying-about-forced-birth-exceptions-and-much-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida&#8217;s own data shows it&#8217;s lying about forced birth exceptions &#8211; and much more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Health of the mother&#8221; abortions were down 36% in 2024. Rape exceptions don&#8217;t really exist. Legal &#8220;born alive&#8221; abortions *doubled* post-Roe. And is DeSantis looking to flip Charles Canady?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Billy Townsend<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a look at these three charts I built from pregnancy termination data collected by Florida\u2019s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/6cc38910-72c9-484d-a7cf-7070ea87729a?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You can access the source data here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/8ef4cc53-30ad-4c8e-af0f-5c0510abb727?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"dbe4e3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dbe4e3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1110\" height=\"667\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-11-jpeg.webp?resize=1110%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51176 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-11-jpeg.webp?w=1663&amp;ssl=1 1663w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-11-jpeg.webp?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-11-jpeg.webp?resize=1024%2C615&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-11-jpeg.webp?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-11-jpeg.webp?resize=1536%2C923&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/96cba339-e17c-4fd6-ae2e-7d81d0bd4aee?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"f6f7f6\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f6f7f6;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1110\" height=\"667\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-6-jpeg.webp?resize=1110%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51171 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-6-jpeg.webp?w=1663&amp;ssl=1 1663w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-6-jpeg.webp?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-6-jpeg.webp?resize=1024%2C615&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-6-jpeg.webp?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-6-jpeg.webp?resize=1536%2C923&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/70c4da77-54e7-4e31-bbf6-f1ec1689e2a8?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"d9d8d7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #d9d8d7;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1110\" height=\"667\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-10-jpeg.webp?resize=1110%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51175 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-10-jpeg.webp?w=1663&amp;ssl=1 1663w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-10-jpeg.webp?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-10-jpeg.webp?resize=1024%2C615&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-10-jpeg.webp?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-10-jpeg.webp?resize=1536%2C923&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/5af52723-8a7a-4c0f-a846-4783d553dd64?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"e3e5e8\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e3e5e8;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"393\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4-jpeg.webp?resize=882%2C393&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51169 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4-jpeg.webp?w=882&amp;ssl=1 882w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4-jpeg.webp?resize=300%2C134&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4-jpeg.webp?resize=768%2C342&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last image above is how the yearly abortion data in my charts appears on the ACHA site. You can see it\u2019s broken down by trimester, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In all three charts, I have extrapolated the 2024 data out to a full 12 months, rather than just mid-October.&nbsp;<em><strong>So this is an apples-to-apples time comparison.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exception vs. reason<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Important note: this data&nbsp;<em><strong>does not&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>track&nbsp;<em><strong>\u201cexceptions\u201d<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;to state mandated forced birth. It tracks the&nbsp;<em><strong>reason<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;<em><strong>given<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;for a legal abortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under Roe v Wade, all pregnancy terminations were non-criminal through fetal \u201cviability,\u201d which generally occurs around 24 weeks, near the end of the second trimester. There was no need to verify an \u201cexception.\u201d Yet, women and doctors were apparently required to articulate a reason so the state could classify the type of pregnancy termination they sought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Reasons<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;are still required now, after 15-week and then 6-week forced birth became law in 2022 and 2024, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Sen. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland\u2019s 15-week and current Rep. Jennifer Canady, R- Lakeland\u2019s 6-week forced birth law created different, but equally incoherent \u201cexception\u201d structures. (I do apologize on behalf of Lakeland\u2019s many decent people for our community inflicting these two horrible people and politicians on the rest of you. Some of us tried hard to prevent it. If their districts were just the city limits, it would probably be different.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State&nbsp;<em><strong>exception law<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;is an intentionally confusing and chaotic mess, which is totally indifferent to \u201clife\u201d or maternity care. But the state\u2019s&nbsp;<em><strong>abortion classification structure<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em><strong>not<\/strong><\/em>.The classification structure&nbsp;<em><strong>is<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;<em><strong>coherent and consistent<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;going back years across all the different conflicting landscapes of Roe, 15-week, and 6-week forced birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That allows us to draw informed inferences about the impacts of the radical forced birth policies dishonestly imposed on an unwilling public&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/billytownsend\/p\/rep-jennifer-canadys-blood-soaked?r=56jld&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">by shameless liars like Stargel and Canady.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s work through them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">*At least* 36 percent fewer interventions to protect a pregnant mother\u2019s health under 6-week forced birth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chart that follows break down the classifications of abortions given for pregnancy emergency\/complication reasons. There are four big categories, each with its own official state name, which I shortened in the chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note particularly the blue shaded area. Florida\u2019s specific classification for the blue is \u201cphysical health of the mother that is not life-endangering.\u201d In 2023, prior to 6-week forced birth, the state of Florida says there were 1,334 abortions performed to preserve the health of a mother. In 2024, that number projects out to 857. (The actual number, as of today, is 682.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s a projected&nbsp;<em><strong>36 percent decrease<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;in medical interventions to protect health of the mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/1bed86b7-50f7-4dbe-a162-3bb8e49caa88?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"dbe4e3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dbe4e3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1110\" height=\"667\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-12-jpeg.webp?resize=1110%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51177 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-12-jpeg.webp?w=1663&amp;ssl=1 1663w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-12-jpeg.webp?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-12-jpeg.webp?resize=1024%2C615&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-12-jpeg.webp?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-12-jpeg.webp?resize=1536%2C923&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In threatening to arrest Florida TV station employees for running accurate Amendment 4 ads (<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/1848eaa7-f4a1-477b-909f-1d79375787f0?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">like it&nbsp;<\/a><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/1848eaa7-f4a1-477b-909f-1d79375787f0?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">should<\/a><\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/1848eaa7-f4a1-477b-909f-1d79375787f0?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;threaten me for&nbsp;<\/a><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/1848eaa7-f4a1-477b-909f-1d79375787f0?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">my<\/a><\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/1848eaa7-f4a1-477b-909f-1d79375787f0?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;work<\/a>), the state of Florida declared the following in a letter. Note the part in bold:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Florida Department of Health has been notified that your company is disseminating a political advertisement claiming that current Florida law does not allow physicians to perform abortions necessary to preserve the lives&nbsp;<em><strong>and health of pregnant women.<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;This claim is categorically false.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state talks about \u201clives\u201d and \u201chealth\u201d as separate things. Thus, Florida\u2019s statement here is, itself,&nbsp;<em><strong>obviously&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>\u201ccategorically false.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doctors in Florida are now&nbsp;<em><strong>at least<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;36 percent less likely to \u201cpreserve\u201d the \u201chealth of pregnant women\u201d than they were before 6-week forced birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Something changed in how doctors and pregnant women interact between 2023 and 2024. It is quantifiable&nbsp;<em><strong>in the state\u2019s own data.<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;There are clearly abortions\/treatments doctors are no longer performing to \u201cpreserve\u201d the \u201chealth of pregnant women.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We don\u2019t know what they are because the state of Florida and the fake, dead \u201cpro-life\u201d movement doesn\u2019t take its own fake beliefs seriously enough to tell us. And perhaps more damningly,&nbsp;<em><strong>hospitals<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;refuse to tell us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Waiting for&nbsp;<em><strong>cancer<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;to metastasize from \u201chealth\u201d to \u201clife.\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have covered my vain attempts to get detailed public itemization&nbsp;<em><strong>from anyone<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;of what doctors can and cannot do to \u201cpreserve\u201d the \u201chealth of pregnant women\u201d \u2014&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/1848eaa7-f4a1-477b-909f-1d79375787f0?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">over<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/7bf1fc7b-02ed-4dee-9160-20bf0c3a2f45?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">over<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/f374b8a4-d551-488e-89c6-63564f30ea36?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">over&nbsp;<\/a>again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I certainly will not forget the cowardice of highly paid hospital executives who pose for glamour spreads in magazines, but leave the pregnant women and loved ones who pay the massive CEO salaries to&nbsp;<em><strong>guess<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;what to expect when they\u2019re expecting. (<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/370dadfd-9791-4be4-8b66-d9f0baa25b9f?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cUp for the challenge.\u201d&nbsp;<\/a>LOL.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But h<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/ac016432-5009-473d-8065-6f845c74533c?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ere is an illuminating, specific example of what is happening in Florida hospitals from a different reporter. It puts flesh on the lies Florida is telling that are also captured and revealed in the data I\u2019m citing.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note the part in bold. It\u2019s what&nbsp;<em><strong>Jennifer Canady has inflicted on pregnant women with cancer.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In reality, the six-week ban has directly harmed women\u2019s health, as documented in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/c86f1465-1a68-4968-8fae-bf9f388f1420?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent report<\/a>&nbsp;by Physicians for Human Rights. Doctors accused of providing an abortion too early, before the exception applies, face a five-year prison sentence. They are therefore reluctant to terminate, even to save a woman\u2019s life.&nbsp;<em><strong>Instead, they seek approval from the hospital\u2014which causes lengthy and often harmful delays. Physicians for Human Rights found that many doctors refer patients out of state for a medically necessary abortion to avoid the risk of investigation, prosecution, and incarceration if the state disagrees with their judgment.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The problem is especially acute for cancer patients, like Caroline, who must undergo an abortion in order to receive chemotherapy.<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;Florida\u2019s exception&nbsp;<em><strong>does not clarify<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;when a patient\u2019s cancer is severe enough to justify termination. [<em><strong>From Billy<\/strong>\u2014that means \u201cdoes not clarify when the \u201chealth\u201d of the mother becomes the \u201clife\u201d of the mother.\u201d<\/em>] These women may have to wait until their tumor grows before a doctor will certify that it will cause \u201csubstantial and irreversible physical impairment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, Physicians for Human Rights interviewed a Florida doctor whose patient needed an abortion so she could undergo chemotherapy for metastatic pancreatic cancer.&nbsp;<em><strong>The doctor worked with lawyers to compile the immense amount of paperwork necessary to prove that her patient qualified for an exception. It took so long that she ultimately urged the patient to drive four hours to terminate elsewhere. This denial of medical care is precisely what \u201cCaroline\u201d warns against.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lengthy and harmful delays.<\/em>&nbsp;Waiting for&nbsp;<em><strong>cancer<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;to metastasize from \u201chealth\u201d to \u201clife\u201d so doctors can act. Thanks, Jennifer Canady &#8211; and all you silent, fake \u201cpro-lifers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Florida third-trimester abortions and \u201clive birth abortions\u201d *after* Roe than before<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an acute health emergency, prior to the fall of Roe, a woman could receive a vanishingly rare 3rd trimester abortion.&nbsp;<em><strong>She still can<\/strong><\/em>. That hasn\u2019t changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/5c41c5f4-619b-4f1f-89cb-da633e9827af?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"d9d8d7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #d9d8d7;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1110\" height=\"667\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-8-jpeg.webp?resize=1110%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51173 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-8-jpeg.webp?w=1663&amp;ssl=1 1663w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-8-jpeg.webp?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-8-jpeg.webp?resize=1024%2C615&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-8-jpeg.webp?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-8-jpeg.webp?resize=1536%2C923&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as you can see from the data and charts, under the last two full years of Roe, exactly&nbsp;<em><strong>zero<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;of Florida\u2019s 154,685 abortions occurred in the third trimester.&nbsp;<em><strong>Women. do. not. have. third. trimester. abortions \u2014<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;unless there is some dire dire dire incredibly rare and horribly sad reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, as you can see, Ron DeSantis oversaw a&nbsp;<em><strong>doubling<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;of legal, post-Roe \u201clive birth\u201d abortions in Florida while he was lying about\/condemning it in \u201cblue\u201d states. That stat is kept separate from the overall abortion data. This is all it says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/fb83e5ae-fb61-45e9-9677-38ab68b5fac9?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"f2f2f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f2f2f2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"176\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-1-jpeg.webp?resize=414%2C176&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51166 not-transparent\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-1-jpeg.webp?w=414&amp;ssl=1 414w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-1-jpeg.webp?resize=300%2C128&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/d6c86e07-d2f3-4e18-b100-5e639edd7adf?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"e8e5e5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e8e5e5;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"847\" height=\"374\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-2-jpeg.webp?resize=847%2C374&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51167 not-transparent\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-2-jpeg.webp?w=847&amp;ssl=1 847w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-2-jpeg.webp?resize=300%2C132&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-2-jpeg.webp?resize=768%2C339&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In \u201cred\u201d Florida, this legal \u201cinfant born alive\u201d abortion happened a combined&nbsp;<em><strong>32 times<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;in 2022, 2023, and 2024, under the forced birth laws that&nbsp;<em><strong>Ron DeSantis, Kelli Stargel, and Jennifer Canady<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;imposed on an unwilling public. In the last three years of Roe, there were only&nbsp;<em><strong>14<\/strong><\/em>. This is according to Florida state government&nbsp;<em><strong>itself.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Government forced birth has already&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/8be07dd0-ef9f-48a0-8942-1ac09c3f25e5?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">killed more American babies<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/0ac60239-b513-496a-bcb6-bdf437d1bcd3?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">driven more American abortions<\/a>, and maimed\/<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/7320fe62-e3bd-4273-9992-81fa4dd0f8cc?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">killed more American women<\/a>&nbsp;than Roe; thus, it\u2019s hardly surprising it correlates to more \u201clive birth abortions,\u201d too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forcing women to wait until death is beckoning tends to cause more radical life-saving measures, I suspect. I don\u2019t fully understand the typical \u201cinfants born alive\u201d scenario; so I don\u2019t want to dive into it here. But I know DeSantis didn\u2019t prosecute anybody for those 32 examples of post-Roe \u201cinfants born alive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if you get all fired up about \u201cpost birth abortion,\u201d which is almost certainly an excruciating emergency procedure in every case, you should vote for Amendment 4, which seeks to reinstate Roe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roe has a&nbsp;<em><strong>much \u201cbetter\u201d<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;record on that than DeSantis and Jennifer Canady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Texas had 26,000 rape pregnancies in 16 months; Florida reports *75* abortions because of rape in 2024. Only 11 are clearly \u201cexceptions\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida\u2019s rape pregnancy number is likely&nbsp;<em><strong>larger&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>than Texas because&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/ad96e9cc-1c26-48cb-9e81-4b6494528a6e?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">we have traditionally produced far more abortions than Texas.&nbsp;<\/a>But to my knowledge there is no rape pregnancy study for Florida comparable to the one in Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/29d9844a-f91d-4be0-b74c-b07c8faf03da?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"f6f7f6\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f6f7f6;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1110\" height=\"667\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-9-jpeg.webp?resize=1110%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51174 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-9-jpeg.webp?w=1663&amp;ssl=1 1663w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-9-jpeg.webp?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-9-jpeg.webp?resize=1024%2C615&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-9-jpeg.webp?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-9-jpeg.webp?resize=1536%2C923&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/072df440-3de4-4a0a-956a-02587cd1ccbc?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"ebecec\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ebecec;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"786\" height=\"205\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-3-png.webp?resize=786%2C205&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51168 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-3-png.webp?w=786&amp;ssl=1 786w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-3-png.webp?resize=300%2C78&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-3-png.webp?resize=768%2C200&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shocking mismatch in scale between rape&nbsp;<em><strong>pregnancies<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;and rape&nbsp;<em><strong>abortions<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;leads to an obvious conclusion about rape&nbsp;<em><strong>exceptions<\/strong><\/em>.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/dafa7f3e-3c46-4134-becc-bd2d1ea36479?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s an author of the study stating it:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those exceptions provide no meaningful abortion care for survivors of rape and sexual assault, full stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are no abortions happening for survivors of rape in states like Idaho that supposedly have exceptions for rape. But we know that, because of the extremely burdensome criteria for obtaining an abortion, not just on the survivor, but on the medical provider, that providers are essentially telling those survivors of rape that they need to travel out of state or find somewhere else to go or continue a pregnancy that was a result of sexual violence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember, the state data I\u2019m citing isn\u2019t&nbsp;<em><strong>exceptions granted;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>it\u2019s&nbsp;<em><strong>reasons given<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Up to six weeks, a pregnant woman or girl doesn\u2019t need to get an exception. So far in 2024, there have only been 11 rape abortions performed in the second trimester. So those are the&nbsp;<em><strong>only 11<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;rape abortions we can know for certain are exceptions. The rest of the first trimester rape abortions could have come pre-6 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And even the tiny number of rape abortions is plunging under 6-week forced birth. Do you think that\u2019s because there are fewer rape pregnancies? Or because rape victims are suddenly more eager to carry their rapist\u2019s fetus?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cRelationship\u201d-based rape pregnancies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may ask yourself:&nbsp;<em>can Texas really have 26,000 rape pregnancies in 16 months? Aren\u2019t these abortionists just trying to stir people up?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/4f7a6539-3495-4411-a38f-da7db8e66d86?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">If you conceive of rape only as&nbsp;<\/a>a criminal stranger violently taking sex, sort of like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Trump<\/strong>: &#8220;Yeah that&#8217;s her with the gold. I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know I&#8217;m automatically attracted to beautiful&#8230; I just start kissing them. It&#8217;s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don&#8217;t even wait. And when you&#8217;re a star they let you do it. You can do anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bush<\/strong>: &#8220;Whatever you want.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Trump<\/strong>: &#8220;Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 then no, there are likely not anywhere close to 26,000 rape pregnancies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>However,<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;the vast majority of rape\/sexual assault is performed by someone the victim knows well. Abusive and violent relationships lead to rape pregnancies at massive scale. And there are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/bbdd7b16-8064-447f-ba6b-cc225a91ca09?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karl Malone pregnancies<\/a>&nbsp;at massive scale \u2014 adults impregnating children with whom they\u2019re in \u201crelationships.\u201d In Malone\u2019s case, he impregnated a 13-year-girl when he was 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So now, thanks to Stargel and Canady and DeSantis, if you\u2019re a pregnant 13-year-old or an isolated victim of domestic abuse and you miss your 6-week time window to get an exception-free abortion, you have to choose between the abortion or sending the abusive husband or 20-year old \u201cboyfriend\u201d to prison \u2014 if you can even prove it, which is famously difficult. And if you can\u2019t send him to prison \u2026 well, it\u2019s Florida, and he gets to keep his guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That brutal choice is almost certainly the same reason very few women gave \u201crape\u201d as the&nbsp;<em><strong>reason<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;for their abortions&nbsp;<em><strong>before<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;the end of Roe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida has \u201celective\u201d and \u201csocial or economic reasons\u201d categories for abortion. We\u2019ll look at them in a future article. Unless you were very very determined to see your rapist prosecuted under Roe or under 15-week forced birth, it was much easier to cite \u201celective\u201d or \u201csocial or economic reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, there was no exception for rape&nbsp;<em><strong>at all<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;under Kelli Stargel\u2019s 15-week forced birth law. A victim just had much more time to get an \u201celective\u201d abortion than under Canady\u2019s 6-week forced birth law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sheriff Judd \u2014 or anyone \u2014 *still* needs to publish a rape exception protocol<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you start to understand the \u201crelationship\u201d-based strands of rape pregnancy, the scale mismatch of rape pregnancy and rape abortion seems obvious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, in 2024, there have been&nbsp;<em><strong>zero&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>second trimester abortions for either human trafficking or incest. We cannot be certain that Florida has granted&nbsp;<em><strong>any<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;exception for either of those reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wrote an article a while back urging mouthy Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd to end his silence on rape exceptions and explain the protocol for getting a rape exception (or human trafficking or incest.) He, of course, has not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The article holds up. See it reposted below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/f374b8a4-d551-488e-89c6-63564f30ea36?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forced birth is local, pt. 1: what is the rape exception protocol, Sheriff Judd?<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/profile\/8703409-billy-townsend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billy Townsend<\/a>\u00b7Apr 19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NZBqnWgUyVEDi-xxzKrPZkTh6S1GGV1daRrEce_p2MIrVmwobQKJa5gHKYB5Saflh4OMsrNa8Qo78UHcvL_E0pJBaeqhi25AzBFPPfJBpNMHjykMqrqjCnnLmZTs5u61_W8AH340nLkP-7bmhV4axRKKJ4dghtF3w9mXgVkQ7icIGxPnQ2cvhfij4NSMnrgJ4MBSQo4ynuuJ5n6vSnRXcuW8NNyxg2N3ITRFdj_pHXXcbuEHnzAOODSlPM3HgHPBGSIdnOK_A_ZIq8X6lDXl7i9HFXRPvcFdHlv1e1BWkfDBGtbWpkcAyysmaJulVWapITOT3bt=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1300,h_650,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff68050eb-341d-441d-b939-9e695e952656_709x399.png\" alt=\"Forced birth is local, pt. 1: what is the rape exception protocol, Sheriff Judd? \" width=\"1300\" height=\"650\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/f374b8a4-d551-488e-89c6-63564f30ea36?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/f374b8a4-d551-488e-89c6-63564f30ea36?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In Part 2, we\u2019ll look at the so-called medical \u201cexceptions,\u201d which are just as cruel, mindless, and bureaucratic.<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/f374b8a4-d551-488e-89c6-63564f30ea36?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read full story<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DeSantis and Jennifer Canady think they\u2019re losing on Amendment 4; will they flip Charles?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t know if Amendment 4 will get to 60.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/2059901c-3dcf-432f-8ee4-9fa09674c3a9?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Polls say it has a chance<\/a>; but it\u2019s hard to predict. I wouldn\u2019t bet either way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I can see that DeSantis and Jennifer Canady&nbsp;<em><strong>think<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;they\u2019re losing on Amendment 4. Canady,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/6d926280-7840-4cf1-9459-fd6480b4f21e?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">like the weak GOP men she emulates<\/a>, can\u2019t take an L. That\u2019s why she won\u2019t acknowledge that Amendment 4 exists \u2014 or even bother to compete to defeat it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have four campaign mailers from Canady on my desk. They\u2019ve all come in the past few weeks.&nbsp;<em><strong>Not a single mailer<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;talks about her great accomplishment of imposing 6-week forced birth exception delays on pregnant women with cancer.&nbsp;<em><strong>Not a single mailer<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;acknowledges Amendment 4 exists, much less makes a lame case for opposing it.&nbsp;<em><strong>Not a single mailer<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;uses this picture of Canady casting adoration on the tiny dictator as he signed her 6-week forced birth bill.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/b3e60817-5ca1-493b-ad06-e971c0bf372c?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"946d5b\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #946d5b;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"958\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-7-jpeg.webp?resize=498%2C958&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51172 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-7-jpeg.webp?w=498&amp;ssl=1 498w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-7-jpeg.webp?resize=156%2C300&amp;ssl=1 156w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What an abject public coward Jennifer Canady is from head to toe. Not even a remotely worthy opponent \u2014 morally or ideologically or intellectually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She\u2019s also attached at the hip to tiny dictator DeSantis and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/35188dc3-1420-4cc2-aa81-d3bb343327a4?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">their cratering mutual henchman Anthony Pedicini.<\/a>&nbsp;Together, DeSantis and Pedicini&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/33e282f9-7025-4d00-a4fe-6bfe3fdc1aff?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">made Canady speaker designate in some theoretical future.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can tell DeSantis think he\u2019s losing Amendment 4, too \u2014 because he\u2019s given up any half-hearted pretense of trying to persuade people that it\u2019s&nbsp;<em><strong>good<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;to impose lengthy forced birth exception delays on pregnant women with cancer. He\u2019s retreated to the only thing he really knows \u2014 weak-ass dictator threats and raw coercion and fake investigations of fake fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A federal judged slapped down the threatening letters to TV stations yesterday. So I probably won\u2019t get my own letter. Sad. I&nbsp;<em><strong>really<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;wanted to get arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/a5b43105-cb17-44d3-83a0-4fd6694e76c7?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"c1c6c8\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #c1c6c8;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"431\" height=\"566\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-5-jpeg.webp?resize=431%2C566&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51170 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-5-jpeg.webp?w=431&amp;ssl=1 431w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-5-jpeg.webp?resize=228%2C300&amp;ssl=1 228w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The more likely \u2014 and serious \u2014 threat to Amendment 4 is that nepo Jennifer Canady\u2019s husband, Florida Supreme Court Justice Charles Canady, will flip&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/0c9eb0f1-4a5a-4e13-86e9-fb8670e76c16?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his somewhat surprising swing vote from the spring that allowed Amendment 4 to exist.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/281a9384-b5bc-4f7b-940c-8dc430e7d965?j=eyJ1IjoidGNsNmsifQ.48gjcKBKKJaliAqEtjeCB_T1Edy9KSg8xPNVTioqiw8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I suspect that\u2019s the purpose of DeSantis\u2019 fake report on fake signature fraud<\/a>&nbsp;(long past the legal window for challenging signatures) that DeSantis\u2019 fake election police just produced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has already spawned a fake lawsuit, which is probably just a vehicle for getting Amendment 4\u2019s existence back in front of Charles Canady so he can change his mind and flip on Amendment 4 \u2014 so his wife and DeSantis don\u2019t have to take an L.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would Charles Canady do that? \u00af\\_(\u30c4)_\/\u00af<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hope calling it before it happens makes it less likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In any event, do you think Jennifer and Charles and Ron DeSantis chat about Charles\u2019 all important vote?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or do you believe they\u2019ve put scrupulous moral walls up to prevent any moral and ethical conflicts? LOL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you believe&nbsp;<em><strong>that<\/strong><\/em>, you probably&nbsp;<em><strong>also<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;believe Florida doctors are&nbsp;<em>totally<\/em>&nbsp;allowed to protect the health of pregnant mothers; you probably believe rape exceptions functionally exist; and you probably believe Ron DeSantis or Jennifer Canady care about life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Health of the mother&#8221; abortions were down 36% in 2024. Rape exceptions don&#8217;t really exist. Legal &#8220;born alive&#8221; abortions *doubled* post-Roe. And is DeSantis looking to flip Charles Canady? 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