Central Floridians on both sides of abortion debate vow to keep fighting

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : More are expected to come in the following weeks, said Stephanie Fraim, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, in a statement.
49% : The overruling of Roe v. Wade gives states the ability to make their own laws about abortion, unimpeded by the Constitution.
49% : Providers including Planned Parenthood are suing against the waiting period and cutoff, still hopeful they can overturn both laws on the basis of a state constitutional amendment that allows residents to be "free from governmental intrusion into the person's private life."
48% : As he celebrated -- and outlined plans to sway Florida lawmakers to embrace more limits on abortion -- local abortion rights supporters somberly absorbed the news.
46% : It was a day of elation, heartbreak, resolve, hope and outrage as Central Floridians learned of Friday's U.S. Supreme Court decision that there is no constitutional right to abortion, overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade case that had been in place for nearly 50 years -- with both abortion rights supporters and foes vowing to continue to fight.
45% : Planned Parenthood has already seen an influx of out-of-state women coming to Florida for abortions as neighboring states have passed increasingly restrictive legislation over the last few years.
43% :Planned Parenthood will continue to sue Florida on the basis that its 15-week cutoff violates the state constitution, Fraim said in a statement provided by the organization.
42% : Research tells us that if you take away the right to abortion, that individual is much more likely to either experience poverty or stay in poverty."
39% :"I've been working my entire lifetime for this moment since 1982," said John Stemberger, president of the Orlando-based Florida Family Policy Council, a Christian advocacy group that opposes abortion.
39% : According to research published late last year, a total ban on abortion would be followed by a projected 21% increase in maternal mortality overall and a projected 33% increase for non-Hispanic Black women.
39% : "This is a devastating blow to our collective freedom as women and Americans," said state Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, who worked for Planned Parenthood in Florida for six years before running for elective office.
37% : Compared with abortion, continuing a pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of death.
31% : "Abortion is nothing to be ashamed of.
23% : Thirteen states have "trigger laws" that banned abortion as soon as Roe was overturned or will ban abortion over the next several weeks including Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky and Mississippi.

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