Planned Parenthood calls on Rick Scott to veto abortion bill

Planned Parenthood supporters are calling on Gov. Rick Scott to veto a bill that could restrict access to reproductive health care. The organization plans to deliver more than 12,000 petitions opposing the bill (HB 1411) to Scott on Thursday. Among other things, the bill requires the Agency for Health Care Administration to perform annual inspections of abortion clinics; prohibits public funding for clinics affiliated with a licensed abortion clinic; and requires physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at…