On the 13th of April, protesters succeeded in shutting down the FL “House of Misrepresentatives” for about 15 minutes by yelling and throwing down papers after one too many weakening amendments to DeSantis’s 6 week abortion ban was shot down. Democrats had offered about 50 amendments, but DeSantis’s GOP blitzkrieg shot them down one by one.

When one too many was voted down, protesters already under intense police pressure suddenly opened up with disruption, yelling from the gallery and throwing down papers. The vote on the failed amendment was recorded, but a 15 minute recess was declared so the galleries could be cleared. Protesters either were escorted out of the chamber or withdrew on their own. More disruption then took place in the Rotunda, just outside the Chambers

In the end, the bill passed and was signed into law hours later by Florida’s Christian Nationalist governor DeSantis. The Fl house was shown a sample of the disruption and resistance that attempts to enforce this repressive law will be met with. Although the law makes providing abortion pills illegal, we all know how little success any government in the US has had with the “war on drugs.” The “Pill networks” have already been credited with neutering abortion bans in many states, legal or otherwise. Underground railroads are being set up to provide transporation for pregnant people (can include trans men!) needing abortion or emergency care. The fight over abortion in FL is nowhere near over, it has just started.

DeSantis has Presidental ambitions, his religious extremism and lust for power is a threat to every person living on territory claimed by the so-called “United States.” More of his agenda of hate is still in the pipeline, mostly genocidal bills targetting transgender folks, drag performers, and the LGBTQ community as a whole.