Lauren Book has led the fight against the ‘near-total’ ban and the ‘dangerous consequences’ of bill that is expected to pass the state house and to be signed by Governor DeSantis
, after refusing to leave an abortion rights demonstration near the state capitol building in Tallahassee.
“It’s a scary time,” Book told the Guardian ahead of the vote. “Women are being put in very, very dangerous situations to get the healthcare they need and deserve.” “In the course of just two generations, we’ve seen our rights won and lost,” she said in a floor speech last week. “It is up to us to get them back. No one is going to save us but ourselves.”ook became senate minority leader in 2021, having served in the chamber since 2017. The following year, DeSantisa ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, without exceptions for rape or incest.
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