Women’s Rights

Moffit Cancer Center will offer free skin cancer screening on select dates in July Sunny weather makes Florida a hotspot for skin cancer, with rates higher than the national average. A  Florida doctor speaks about...

Days after a 7-year-old was killed, activists are speaking up against gun violence by engaging their local neighborhoods at a community outreach event over the weekend.

When America became a nation, a woman had no legal existence beyond her husband. If he abused her, she couldn’t leave without abandoning her children. Abigail Adams tried to change this, reminding her husband John...

Free Speech is under threat in the U.S. and especially Florida where fascist rulers manufacture punitive law. A Free Speech event is on April 29, 2023 at Tampa Prep School on Cass street in Tampa,...

Camilla Carrero reporting:   Woman’s History month is wrapping up with a celebration last night at the Cuban Club, where local historians discussed the significance around the unveiling of a new mural and historic marker...

The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Friday, March 31st, 2023

Women's political activism in Ybor City, Florida and their fight against fascism at home and abroad during the time of the Spanish Civil War.

A Florida House panel Thursday is scheduled to take up a bill that seeks to prevent abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

Michele Rayner is going to be re-elected to the Florida House, but she’s still worried about this election. Rayner has been gerrymandered into a new Democratic District 62.

Local businesses have sued to have DeSantis’ “Stop Woke” law declared unconstitutional under the First Amendment because it purports to censor what their private businesses can say to their employees, especially in diversity, equity &...

This week on MidPoint abortion providers and advocates, discuss the overturn of Roe v. Wade. The Dobbs decision will create a "patchwork" of legislation across the country, defining where, when and how women can make...

Volunteers with the Tampa Bay Abortion Fund discuss their work in the state, and what the future could be if Roe v. Wade is overturned.