TALLAHASSEE (FBW/BP)—Gov. Jeb Bush signed into law May 25 House Bill 1659, the Parental Notice of Abortion Act, which implements voters’ approval of a constitutional amendment last November requiring that at least one parent be notified 48 hours before a minor may have an abortion in Florida.

TALLAHASSEE (FBW/BP)—Gov. Jeb Bush signed into law May 25 House Bill 1659, the Parental Notice of Abortion Act, which implements voters’ approval of a constitutional amendment last November requiring that at least one parent be notified 48 hours before a minor may have an abortion in Florida.

TALLAHASSEE (FBW) – In the frenetic final days of the 2005 Legislature, even while many of the governor’s legislative priorities – and those of the Legislature’s leadership – were left unresolved, pro-family forces won several major victories.

TALLAHASSEE (FBW) – As legislators begin the final two weeks of their annual session in Tallahassee, pro-family forces can point to some victories and to some continuing concerns regarding measures working through the Legislature.

TALLAHASSEE (FBW) – Florida’s 68 abortion clinics are one step closer to being required to operate according to health and safety standards required of other medical facilities in the state after the Florida House of Representatives easily adopted the “Women’s Health and Safety Act” (HB 1041) April 13.

TALLAHASSEE (FBW)—Pro-life forces won major victories when two Florida Senate committees advanced parental notification and abortion clinic regulation bills April 6. Meanwhile, committees in the Florida House of Representatives and Senate have adopted widely divergent legislation to implement voters’ approval of Amendment 4, permitting slot machines at pari-mutuel facilities in South Florida.

TALLAHASSEE (FBW) – As the Florida legislature turns its attention beyond the Terri Schiavo case, Bill Bunkley told Florida Baptist Witness the hard feelings engendered by well-meaning, but “offensive lobbying efforts” by “out-of-town advocates” has resulted in “strained relationships with some members of the Florida Senate.”

TALLAHASSEE (FBW) – For the second time in a week, the Florida Senate has rejected a bill that intended to help Terri Schiavo offered by Sen. Daniel Webster, R-Winter Garden.

TALLAHASSEE (FBW) — On March 23, the Florida Senate voted 21-18 on a bill, CSSB 804, which would have prevented the suspension of sustenance or hydration under certain conditions.

TALLAHASSEE (FBW)—With Southern Baptist laymen leading the way in the Florida House and Senate, legislation offered to prevent the starvation of Terri Schiavo stalled in the Senate March 17 hours after it was overwhelmingly approved in the House.

“The Republican Nine first came together over fried chicken and salad.”

TALLAHASSEE (FBW)–With Southern Baptist laymen leading the way in the Florida House and Senate, legislation offered to prevent the starvation of Terri Schiavo stalled in the Senate March 17 hours after it was overwhelmingly approved in the House.

TALLAHASSEE (FBW)—As Florida’s political leaders prepare to gather March 17 for the annual Florida Leadership Prayer Breakfast, Florida Baptists’ legislative consultant is urging Christians to be in prayer for the state’s leadership—and to keep their eyes on Tallahassee during the annual legislative session, scheduled to run through May 1.

TALLAHASSEE (FBW)—Florida lawmakers are set to fast-track a bill this week that might spare the life of Terri Schiavo, the 41-year-old disabled woman at the center of an international euthanasia debate.

JACKSONVILLE (FBW)—Lt. Governor Toni Jennings visited the offices of Florida Baptist Witness Mar. 3 for a 40-minute interview to tout a new state initiative to support women in crisis pregnancies, insisting that the state government should help to level the playing field in offering alternatives to abortion in the Sunshine State.