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May 15, 2023

Florida Bans Textbooks Dealing with Race, Social Justice; Allows Discrimination in Healthcare
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Florida's education officials blocked dozens of textbooks and forced
publishers to edit dozens of others to remove information on racial and
social justice issues. This comes as part of Republican Governor Ron De
Santis's ongoing campaign criminalizing the teaching of critical race
theory, LGBTQ topics and other issues he's described as "woke
indoctrination." One middle school textbook no longer includes a section
on the Black Lives Matter movement and the police murder of George
Floyd.

Meanwhile, De Santis has signed into law a bill that will allow
healthcare providers and insurers to deny patient care on the basis of
religious or moral beliefs. Human rights advocates say the legislation
will lead to more discrimination against LGBTQ people.


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