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Battleground Florida: Abortion amendment
“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. This amendment does not change the Legislature’s constitutional authority to require notification to a parent or guardian before a minor has an abortion.”
Florida Amendment 4 in simple terms, and what are Florida’s abortion laws?
This November, voters will have the chance to keep the 6-week abortion ban enacted this year in Florida or expand it to 23-24 weeks.
Critics see DeSantis double-standard in Florida abortion petition case
Florida’s Republican leaders and business groups have long sought to crack down on the constitutional amendment process, claiming it is riddled with fraud. In 2019, DeSantis signed into law legislation requiring circulators to register with the state and making it a misdemeanor to be paid by the signature. He’s since made it a felony.
Florida law enforcers are investigating the state's abortion ballot initiative. Here's what to know
State police in Florida are showing up at the homes of voters who signed a petition to get an abortion rights amendment on the ballot
Does Florida abortion law have no ‘real’ rape, health exceptions? Fact-checking pro-Amendment 4 ad
Backers of Amendment 4, which would enshrine abortion access and override the law if Florida voters approve it in November, argue the ban’s exceptions aren’t "real" because of vague language, criminal penalties and exception requirements that can make abortions difficult to obtain in these cases.
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State website on Florida abortion law is misleading | Column
Earlier this month, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration launched a website purporting to offer “transparency” about Florida’s abortion laws.
Florida groups spend big on Florida's abortion referendum
Groups across Florida have spent nearly $13.5 million on advertisements for and against the state's ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, according to Ad Impact. Why it matters: The outcome of November's referendum will have massive implications for reproductive health in the South,
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DeSantis’s desperate attempts to torpedo abortion protections at the polls in Florida
State residents collected enough signatures to put an amendment guaranteeing the right to terminate pregnancy on the November ...
DeSantis opposes Florida’s abortion ballot measure. He’s deployed the government to fight it.
The Florida state health care regulator has campaigned against it, which DeSantis defends as informing the public.
Florida's guidance to doctors on new abortion law, sparks mixed reactions
The State of Florida has sent a letter to all doctors, with a bold statement: "A miscarriage is not an abortion." ...
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Florida issues abortion ‘misinformation’ notice. Here’s what that means
According to the notice, misinformation has been spread within Florida about the state’s abortion laws, prompting ...
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A judge says a doctor should be fined in a case over Florida’s abortion waiting period
A judge says an ob/gyn should face a $10,000 fine for violating a Florida law requiring a waiting period before abortions.
Republicans Threaten Doctors Who Fail to Provide Emergency Pregnancy Care Amid Abortion Bans
As doctors refuse to provide necessary care due to abortion bans, Ron DeSantis' admin and Louisiana Attorney General Liz ...
Florida tells doctors abortions to save a woman’s life do not violate new state ban
Florida health officials reiterated Thursday that state law allows abortions at any point in pregnancy to save the life of ...