Marking the latest salvo in a barrage of socially conservative legislation across the United States, Florida lawmakers have approved a series of bills that limit access to abortion, restrict the teaching of critical race theory, and prohibit lessons on gender identity for public-school students up to the third grade.The bills, endorsed this month by Florida’s Republican-dominated legislature and expected to be signed into law within days, are part of a countrywide backlash against recent progress on minority rights, critics say – and their effects could be felt for years to come.“They represent a pretty extreme infringement on our freedoms and liberties as Floridians, and their impact will be far-reaching,” said Kirk Bailey, political director of the Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
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