On the 15th of March, abortion rights protesters showed up at the Supreme Court. SCOTUS has put a short-term injunction on enforcing a Texas judge’s order to the FDA to revoke approval of one of the two drugs used for medical (as opposed to surgical) abortions. Abortion rights activists are demanding SCOTUS permanently stop Federal judges from second-guessing the FDA and injecting politics into the drug approval process.

Counterdemonstrations showed up, notably fetus-stealing Lauren Handy from PAAU (so-called “Progressive” anti-abortion uprising).

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.

On the 12th of April, Occupy Tallahassee held a press conference across the street from the FL state Capitol, This was the night before a scheduled vote on a bill to ban almost all abortion in Florida after 6 weeks.

Speakers including elected members of the state house, (one of whom was arrested on April 3 at the initial Occupy Tallahasse location by City Hall) warned that this is extreme antiabortion/forced birth and anti-trans/LGBTQ agenda is not just intended for Florida but the entire US. It is to be DeSantis’s springboard to the US Presidency at the expense of genocide of those who don’t look, act, and pray as he does.

Occupy Tallahassee holding strong at courthouse in Tallahassee as abortion ban bill vote looms for next day As this was being edited, many Occupytally23 activists were speaking at public hearings in theState House. At one point they were insultingly told to “wrap it up.

On the 11th of April, as night fell over Occupy Tally (Occupy Tallahassee), a physician held a teach-in on the gritty details of abtaining abortion in FL and other unfriendly states, with or without the consent of Christian nationalist politicians and their repressive, misogynistic laws.

On the 10th of April, protesters returned to the home of Supreme Court “Justice” Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni. This came after the scandal broke concerning Thomas accepting years of unlawful gifts of luxury travel and hospitality from a billionaire GOP donor.

On the 7th of April, Brasfield and Gorrie got another protest at their Coral Gables location in Coral Gables, part of the Greater Miami area. This is the 3ed time they’ve been hit, after an earlier protest and an earlier direct action against the hotel housing them

On the 8th of April, another drag queen story hour was successfully held on Barrack’s Row in SE Washington DC. A stout defense by umbrella-wielding drag defenders deterred anyone from mounting a serious attack and shielded the kids and performers from low level harassment.

Weeks ago, an attempt by Proud Boys to forcibly break throught similar defenses in Silver Spring was defeated outright. This time around, they didn’t even try.

On the 3ed of April, as the Florida Senate rammed through the SB 300 six week abortion ban, eleven protesters were arrested for holding their ground NOT at the Florida state house (considered too dangerous to engage) but rather at Tallahassee’s city hall. A democratic Mayor sided with Ron DeSantis and ordered their arrests. On the 8th of April, a solidarity protest was held in Tampa, FL both to pressure prosecutors to drop the charges and to promote Occupy Tallahassee starting right back up again on Monday, April 10.

Donald Trump’s surrender and arraignment on 34 felony counts drew duelling protests to NYC, but anti-Trump protesters had the edge. Marjorie Taylor Greene was supposed to be the star of the pro-Trump protest but she had to abandon her attempt to appear and run for it (with a massive security escort) when anti-Trump protesters swarmed her attempt to enter the area.