Latest posts tagged with #HB289 on Bluesky
#HB289, the Abusers’ Bill of Rights, is up for its 2nd vote in the House Judiciary Committee this morning. Watch it here: thefloridachannel.org
#HB289 passed the committee along party lines. But the fight isn't over. Contact your Florida lawmakers now and tell them you oppose this bad bill. www.weareplannedparenthoodaction.org/a/sb164-hb28...
Rep Blanco, an ectopic pregnancy should not be a "complicated issue," that's why #HB289 is a bad bill. #flleg
"It's not about that specific case. The point is, it's about making people have to go through a legal suit for something that they wouldn't have to deal with before. And opening that door when it's a door that I think should rightfully be closed." #HB289 #flleg
"Other states where laws like #HB289 have been enacted, similar provisions have been used by abusers to maintain control over their victims and to harass health care providers who offer care to survivors of abuse. Don't let Florida be next.
Rep Joseph - "So I've heard quite a bit from my constituents on this bill already." #HB289
"If a living, breathing child that was born out of wedlock dies, then the father of that child has less rights and less claim to justice, than someone who fertilized an egg after a one night stand based on the language in. #HB289 - Devon Graham @americanatheists.bsky.social
#HB289 "allows a lawsuit on behalf of a zygote, this increased liability exposure will be devastating to any health care practitioner or hospital that treats pregnant patients and is especially dangerous to OB GYNs who specialize in high-risk pregnancies." - Kara Gross @aclufl.bsky.social #flleg
This is a two-hour committee meeting to hear one bill, but Chair Koster still limited public testimony to only one minute. This type of silencing is unfortunately common in the Capitol. #HB289 #flleg
#HB289 "makes it more expensive and drives gynecologists out of the state... It makes care less frequent because gynecologists and OB-GYNs are leaving the state, and it is more expensive because their insurance rates are going to skyrocket." - Mark Stevens, ACLU
Rep Gottlieb has filed an amendment to #HB289 to bring the protections for pregnant people and doctors in line with criminal law.
Rep Joseph: "What, if any, physicians were consulted in the drafting of this legislation?"
Rep Greico: "I can't definitively say one way or another. I spoke with a lot of people about this bill, but none that come to mind." #HB289 #flleg
So what the bill sponsor is avoiding saying is, yes, if someone helped a pregnant person leave the state to get an abortion after six weeks, it would be legally actionable under #HB289. #flleg
Rep Gottlieb asks. "Would you be able to sue, the estate, which I don't even know how an estate would exist for a fertilized egg but would somebody be able to counter sue the fertilized egg...?" #hb289 #flleg
Rep Joseph points out that #HB289 could weaponize the legal system against a pregnant person. " It's kind of like, what do you call that blackmail?"