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Crowdfunding saves Florida abortion clinic with $193,000 in fines

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by G8tas, Sep 7, 2023.

  1. G8tas

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    Florida health regulators announced last month that the Center of Orlando for Women repeatedly violated a law that requires women to wait 24 hours before having an abortion in the days after the law took effect. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) ordered the clinic to pay $1,000 for each of the 193 violations, a total of $193,000 that was nearly three times more than a judge’s recommendation.

    But when Julie Gallagher, the clinic’s attorney, wrote in a court document that a fine of that size “would likely force the clinic into bankruptcy or closure,” supporters and activists started an online fundraiser to try to save the Center of Orlando for Women.

    They did just that: The fundraising effort had raised more than $211,000 as of Monday morning. Nearly 6,000 people have given to the verified fundraiser on Give Butter, a crowdfunding site for nonprofits. The fundraiser was organized by Stand with Abortion Now, a volunteer organization that escorts patients into the clinic.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09/05/florida-abortion-clinic-crowdfunding-fine/
     
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  2. G8tas

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    That's quite impressive how they were able to save the clinic
     
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  3. 92gator

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    God forbid they should wait 24 hours before dropping a baby in a blender...

    :eek::eek:...momma mighta changed her mind and let a kid live! Oh the hawrruh!!!:eek::eek:
     
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  4. tampagtr

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    I saw that the AHCA fine was three times with the administrative law judge recommended, if I am recalling correctly. We can only imagine the type of people DeSantis has staffed that agency with. It seems like the amount of the fine might have gotten reversed by legal challenge based upon those limited facts.
     
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  5. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    "Lets see honey. We can give money to feeding the children, World Vision, or some other charity feeding and sheltering kids... Or... Or... Or... Wait for it...hear me out... "
     
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  6. gatorchamps960608

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    "Let's see honey, we can give money for women's health, counseling and nutrition or we can spend it on prosecuting them for reproductive decisions we don't like. Hmm..."
     
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  7. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    At least we agreed on that one post in that other thread. Baby steps. ;)
     
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  8. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    Seriously though... When i see "abortion clinic" I dont really think of general womens health issues. Generally it is literally about abortion. People arent donating to a go fund me for vitamins.

    If they actually did than kudos to them.
     
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  9. GatorJMDZ

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    Or people are donating due to their disgust with government overreaching to restrict women's fundamental rights and imposing ridiculous fines to punish places providing needed services.

    Similar to some of the anti-choice posters here motivating me to donate to Planned Parenthood.
     
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  10. 92gator

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    24 hours.

    That's what they're fighting over.

    24 hours for mom to rethink PERMANENTLY EXTERMINATING the baby within her.

    24 hours...vs... a full life.

    Ain't no take backs with murder...errr, abortion.
     
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  11. rivergator

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    No, that's not what they're fighting about.
     
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  12. GatorJMDZ

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    LOL. You don't just show up at the abortion clinic and take a number. After testing positive and deciding on that option, you schedule an appointment. You are then transported to the facility on your designated day where the person signs in and awaits their turn. There is an abundance of time for the woman to change her mind.

    24 hours is nothing but another roadblock the anti-choice inserted to deter women from following through on their choice.
     
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  13. 92gator

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    24 hours to consider the finality of the death they seek to deliver unto another.

    That's a pretty small ask.

    Guess the morbid left really misses the McDonald's baby blender drive thru days afforded under that bill congress passed by supermajority known as Roe v Wade.

    DEATH TO THOSE BABIES!!!

    NOW!!!
     
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  14. 92gator

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    What were the $193,000 in fines for?

    ...you know...THE thing that was threatening to cause the clinic to shut down?
     
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    Just curious, what exactly happens after a ‘reproductive decision’ ?
     
  16. GatorJMDZ

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    More that 1/2 the abortions performed in this country are by medication. The remaining abortions are performed by suction. Blenders are a figment of your tormented imagination.

    They are not babies, they are zygotes then fetuses

    Roe v Wade was a SCOTUS opinion, not an act of Congress.

    McDonald's does not offer women's health services.

    Governmental overreaching.
     
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  17. 92gator

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    Pretty sharp there sparky.
     
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    This is not a winning argument for you. If the overriding concern was to improve the well being of children, the ones that are actually alive, lack food education and health care, why is it the number one issue for many Republicans and many churches is abortion in the U.S?
     
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  19. DoubleDown11

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    You're so close to getting it.
     
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  20. g8trdoc

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    I bet that’s the ugliest list of donors ever.
     
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