Florida, abortion and Amendment 4

Florida's six-week abortion ban to stay in place after voters reject Amendment 4
MIAMI - Florida's six-week abortion ban will remain law after voters rejected Amendment 4, a measure that would have enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution. The amendment failed to reach the 60% threshold needed to pass, garnering only 57% of the vote.
Pro-lifers credit rejection of Florida's pro-abortion amendment to DeSantis' outspoken opposition
Floridians rejected the proposal to enshrine abortion into the state Constitution after they learned it would open the floodgates for taxpayer-funded abortion "at any time" and "for any reason," one pro-life advocate said.
Florida’s abortion rights amendment fails despite getting 57% of the vote
Florida’s voters were asked whether the state’s constitution should say 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.”
A majority of Floridians voted for abortion rights, but GOP lawmakers aren’t swayed
Supporters of Amendment 4 say the result shows voters don’t want a six-week abortion ban. But Republican lawmakers, reelected and retaining a supermajority in Tallahassee, disagree.
Florida's amendment to protect abortion rights fell short of passing by just 3% votes
Fifty-seven percent of Floridian voters wanted to protect abortion rights going up to about the 24th week of pregnancy. But a 60 percent majority is required there, so the abortion amendment failed.
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Floridians rejected a measure to enshrine a constitutional right to abortion Tuesday, retaining the state’s six-week ban.
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