Posts Tagged Charles Van Zant

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Florida, Congress scrutinize EPA water quality guidelines

By Virginia Chamlee | 02.11.11 | 12:06 pm | More from The Florida Independent

More…After challenging businesses across the country to submit some of their biggest regulatory gripes, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, received responses from companies large and small. Among them: Florida business and business lobby groups that are strongly opposed to new EPA water

Anti-abortion bill in state House resembles ‘personhood’ language

By Virginia Chamlee | 02.07.11 | 10:00 am | More from The Florida Independent

Though many pro-life elected officials have attempted to distance themselves from Florida’s “fetal personhood” amendment, which would outlaw abortions and some forms of birth control, state Rep. Charles Van Zant, R-Palatka, filed a bill in late January that shares some common language with Personhood Florida’s proposed law. #
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FL: Legislative efforts to restrict abortion nothing new

By Marcos Restrepo | 10.15.10 | 3:21 pm | More from The Florida Independent

State Rep. Charles Van Zant, R-Palatka, says that Republican gubernatorial candidate Ricks Scott would ban abortion in Florida and is a strong anti-choice advocate. Van Zant, who was elected to the legislature in 2008, is an architect and a Baptist minister.
In February, he filed House Bill 1097 More…, co-sponsored