A new poll shows a proposed abortion amendment in Florida has majority support but not enough support to pass in November.
Public opinion poll release By Friday The Hill According to an Emerson College poll, 55% of Florida voters would vote “yes.” Amendment 4The bill would create a constitutional right to abortion in the state at any stage of pregnancy. Support for the amendment falls short of the 60 percent needed to pass, even with the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
The survey was conducted among 815 Florida voters from September 3rd to 5th, and found that 26% plan to vote “no” and 20% are “unsure,” leaving a large gap between whether the bill will be passed or rejected in November.
Amendment 4 The law prohibits states from restricting abortion before or after the viable period of pregnancy (approximately 24 weeks) “if a patient's health care provider determines that such restriction is necessary to protect the patient's health.” It states:
No law may prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict an abortion before viability or when a patient's health care provider determines that such an abortion is necessary to protect the patient's health. This amendment does not change Congress' constitutional authority to require that a parent or guardian be notified before a minor has an abortion.
Various polls over the past few months have suggested the amendment will either be rejected or passed by a narrow margin, often within the margin of error (see here, here, here, here, hereand here).
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If Florida voters pass the measure in November with at least 60% support, the abortion amendment will become statewide. 6-Week Restriction And it would essentially create a permanent right to abortion in the state, something that could only be overturned by another ballot measure or an uphill court battle.
The Florida Republican Party is officially Opposed The amendments argued that Amendment 4, along with Amendment 3 on recreational marijuana, is too extreme for the state. Leader Evan Power said:
Floridians are confident that the Legislature has passed laws that reflect the state's priorities. Amendments 3 and 4 are an unnecessary attempt by an ever-shrinking minority that knows the only way to gain support for their extreme policies is to confuse and mislead voters.
Additionally, Florida Republicans support the Legislature's desire to make school board elections partisan, create constitutional rights to hunt and fish, and eliminate taxpayer costs of public election funding.
While the Florida Democratic Party lies dead by the wayside and outside dark money groups are trying to advance far-left ideology by confusing Florida voters, the Florida Republican Party is ready to correct the record and defeat the radical left while enshrining more rights for citizens in the Constitution.
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) also opposes the amendment. say The AHCA warned that the bill “threatens women's safety” and, if passed, its vague language could overturn at least 20 abortion laws, including those governing parental consent.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (Republican) also spoke. Against the abortion amendment said it was “It was written to deliberately mislead voters.”
Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her on X. Follow.
