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Charlie Crist to decide on abortion bill ‘sooner rather than later’

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Charlie Crist indicated Tuesday he planned to veto an anti-abortion bill ā€œsooner rather than later,ā€ and that the public pressure his office has received to sign the bill was outweighed by the advice he’s been getting from people first-hand. ā€œI have concerns about it,ā€ Crist told reporters Tuesday morning. ā€œThe notion that there would be a forced ultrasound, if you will, that would have to be paid for by the woman involved, those are things that seem to me to…

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Charlie Crist to decide on abortion bill ‘sooner rather than later’

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Charlie Crist indicated Tuesday he planned to veto an anti-abortion bill ā€œsooner rather than later,ā€ and that the public pressure his office has received to sign the bill was outweighed by the advice he’s been getting from people first-hand. ā€œI have concerns about it,ā€ Crist told reporters Tuesday morning. ā€œThe notion that there would be a forced ultrasound, if you will, that would have to be paid for by the woman involved, those are things that seem to me to…

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Sen. Mike Bennett caught on tape viewing porn during legislative session

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Sunshine State News reports that it captured video of Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, “looking at pornographic material on his state-issued computer on the Senate floor.”… …Bennett defended his actions, telling Sunshine State News it was an email sent to him by a woman “who happens to be a former court administrator.” “I was just sitting there, bored as they were debating the abortion bill,” Bennett said.

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