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Lorraine Langlois, CEO of Metro Inclusive Health, will retire in December, according to the nonprofit’s board of directors.
The top executive at the LGBTQ health provider will leave in December.
The president is under pressure to act after Roe v. Wade was overturned two weeks ago.
The president said the Supreme Court majority that overturned Roe v. Wade are “playing fast and loose with the facts.”
Here’s what we know after the end of Roe v. Wade.

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  1. David Shern, who was chairperson of Florida’s 1999 Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse, poses for a portrait at his home office in Hillsborough County on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023.
  2. The beaches off Indian Rocks Beach are flush with visitors despite the presence of red tide earlier this month.
  3. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during an event on his book tour on Saturday, March 11, 2023, in Las Vegas.
  4. This image provided by Betty Seaman shows Navy A-6 Intruder pilot Jim Seaman. Navy Capt. Jim Seaman died of lung cancer at the age of 61. His widow Betty Seaman has been part of a large group of aviators and their surviving spouses who have lobbied Congress and the Pentagon for years to look into the number of cancers aviators and ground crew face. In a new study the Pentagon has found alarmingly higher rates of cancer among aviators than in the U.S. general population, and has further reviews planned. (Betty Seaman via AP)
  5. A sign points visitors toward the financial services department at a hospital, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Medicaid coverage will end for millions of Americans in 2023, and that pushes many into unfamiliar territory: the health insurance marketplace. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
  6. The exterior of the the Bonati Spine Institute is seen Friday, March 17, 2023 in Hudson. The surgical center at the institute has been shut down after Florida health care regulators suspended the center’s license.
  7. Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during an event on his book tour on Saturday, March 11, 2023, in Las Vegas.
  8. Iris Serrano celebrates her 100th birthday with family and friends at the Hillsborough County Brandon Senior Center on March 9 in Brandon.
  9. Freah Lewis, 10, plays EndeavorRx at her home in Port Richey. The game is the first video-game therapy to be authorized by the Food and Drug Administration to treat children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
  10. Gov. Ron DeSantis takes questions during a 2021 event sponsored by USF Health and Tampa General Hospital. USF Health, along with health centers at other state universities, recently responded to the governor's request for records on gender-affirming care.
  11. Sen. Rick Scott's position on a proposed six-week abortion ban counters that of Gov. Ron DeSantis, who previously said that he supported the bill because “the issue is less (about the) week than the fact that there’s a detectable heartbeat.”
  12. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions from the media in the Florida Cabinet following his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives, March 7, 2023, at the Capitol in Tallahassee. A stricter abortion ban under consideration for Florida could have practical implications for women throughout the South and political implications for DeSantis.
  13. Student activist Kaylee Sandell speaks at a news conference at the Florida Capitol, hosted by Equality Florida, AIDS Healthcare Foundation and the Human Rights Campaign on Feb. 15, 2022, in Tallahassee.
  14. Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joeseph Ladapo speaks during a roundtable discussion at USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute in downtown Tampa on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023.
  15. Daylight saving time annual tradition this year is set to start at 2 a.m. on Sunday, requiring all Americans to set their clocks forward one hour.
  16. The Florida House Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee has unanimously signed off on a proposal that would allow doctors to renew patients’ medical-marijuana approvals using telehealth.
  17. Anna Paulina Luna speaks to a crowd during the Keep Florida Free Tour on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Tampa.
  18. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he would run a boat from The Bahamas to Florida to allow 22-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic to compete in the Miami Open later this month to circumvent governmental restrictions related to his vaccination status.
  19. A Sunstar Ambulance leaves Mease Countryside Hospital in Safety Harbor. A person in southwest Florida recently died from a brain-eating amoeba infection.
  20. Over the next 10 years, 10,000 baby boomers per day will turn 65. Many of them feel they have enough in their 401(k) to pay for a catastrophic illness and therefore are not concerned with long-term care planning.
  21. The remaining 39 residents are evacuated from Freedom Square of Seminole, Friday, April 17, 2020 in Seminole. The sprawling retirement community faced at least seven wrongful death lawsuits after a coronavirus outbreak afflicted the facility.
  22. BayCare Hospital Wesley Chapel opened its doors to patients today. The $246 million hospital broke ground in December 2020.
  23. People attend an abortion rights rally organized by Florida Rep. Michele Rayner and the Pinellas Democratic Progressive Caucus on the steps of the county courthouse in downtown St. Petersburg on May 3, 2022.
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