MIAMI, Florida, May 2 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida issued the following statement on May 1, 2024: * * * Today, Florida's six-week abortion ban goes into effect. The ban prohibits abortions from the earliest weeks of pregnancy when many don't yet know they are pregnant. As of today, patients in Florida and throughout the Southeast will have to travel as far as North Carolina to obtain abortion care after six weeks. For those who are unable to travel out of state, they will b  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Aspen Institute issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: With two weeks to go until the 2024 NATO Youth Summit, organizers today shared new programming details for the Miami, Florida, stage. The Miami event will take place on May 13 at Superblue, co-hosted by NATO, the Aspen Institute and international partner organizations, and will be linked to the Stockholm, Sweden stage at Epicenter. Registration to attend the Miami event in-person will remain open unti  more

COCONUT CREEK, Florida, May 2 -- Food for the Poor issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: Food For The Poor (FFTP) and the Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF) pledged last week to continue working together in new ways to develop solutions to lift families out of poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean. The top leadership of the TaiwanICDF visited the charity's Coconut Creek, Fla., headquarters on Tuesday for a roundtable discussion. Ambassador D  more

STERLING, Virginia, May 2 -- The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association issued the following news release: Mitch Rose, CCFE, CCrE, a leader in the deathcare profession, was elected president-elect of the International Cemetery, Cremation, and Funeral Association (ICCFA) during the 2024 Annual Convention & Exposition in Tampa, Florida, held from April 10-13, 2024. With a career spanning over three decades, Mitch brings a wealth of experience and strategic vision to this pivot  more

MIAMI, Florida, May 2 (TNSres) -- The National Women's Law Center issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: Today, the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) and Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a report that examines the experiences Black girls have with school safety and school policing. The report, Keep Her Safe: Centering Black Girls in School Safety, includes a group of Black girls and young women, ages 14 to 24, who shared their experiences within Miami-Dade County Pub  more