ABORTION AMMENDMENT:

The Florida Supreme Court approved wording of an amendment to go on the state’s ballot this November. If passed, it will establish a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability (about 24 weeks) . It will read that, “no law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider." It will be up to Florida voters to approve this amendment, with at least 60% of the vote needed for it to pass.

Florida has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. Under the bill passed by Florida’s legislature, abortions will be banned after six weeks. Floridians Protecting Freedom, the coordinating group that sought to place a the abortion amendment on the 2024 Florida ballot, has collected 910,946 state-certified signatures, which was more than the 891,876 needed.