Roe v. Wade

Catholic and Baptist church leaders are challenging their members to respond to the Supreme Court ruling by helping women who are pregnant.

About 500 people marched Friday afternoon around Straub Park in downtown St. Petersburg.

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, reversing Roe v. Wade, the court's five-decade-old decision that guaranteed a woman's right to obtain an abortion.

Terry Gebhardt navigated an underground network and traveled to Mexico for an abortion more than 50 years ago. Now she's fighting to preserve access to the procedure for younger generations.

The clause can be found in Section 23 of the state constitution, It reads, in part: “Every natural person has the right to be let alone and free from governmental intrusion into the person’s private life."

Mona Bethke says she wants to tell her story to inspire others, especially survivors of assault. She's worried about how abortion restrictions could harm them.

Dr. Washington Hill, 83, says many doctors are too young to have experienced seeing women suffer dangerous infections and fatal complications from attempted abortions.

Among the two dozen or so cities that hosted rallies in Florida were Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Lakeland.

Reports of harassment, disturbance and violence outside the state’s clinics are skyrocketing, while the federal law meant to protect clinics doesn’t cover the kind of tactics common today.

Abortion laws in Florida are set to change in July after the Legislature approved a ban on the procedure after 15 weeks. The Supreme Court's ruling on Roe v. Wade could bring even more changes.

A leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on a closely watched abortion rights case would overturn the Roe vs. Wade abortion ruling after almost half a century, leaving it to Congress and state lawmakers.

A draft opinion published by Politico suggests that earlier this year a majority of Supreme Court justices supported overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide.