Florida's Democratic Party Chairwoman Nikki Fried and Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book were among 11 people arrested Monday night while protesting the state's proposed six-week abortion ban, which activists have described as a near-total ban.
. The legislation is expected to be approved by the state House and Gov. Ron DeSantis in the coming weeks,Book spoke passionately against the legislation on the Senate floor Monday. “In the course of just two generations, we’ve seen our rights won and lost. It is up to us to get them back,” she said. “No one is going to save us but ourselves.
“But Florida is where freedom goes to die, and that became even more evident tonight,” Eskamani said. Earlier Monday, some protesters were hustled out of the public gallery overlooking the state Senate chambers after they shouted over lawmakers’ speeches on the abortion bill. Some were forcibly removed; others yelled out criticism then left preemptively. After several disruptions, Senate President Kathleen Passidomo ordered everyone out of the gallery.But the demonstrations were relatively small.
A video from the evening, sent to The Post by Book’s publicist, shows demonstrators sitting in a circle singing “Lean on Me.” As officers pull them off the ground to put them in handcuffs, women can be heard shouting, “Shame, shame on you.” Ables reported from Seoul. Caroline Kitchener in Tallahassee and Lori Rozsa in West Palm Beach, Fla., contributed to this report.
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