Florida on Tuesday rejected a bill that would create a constitutional right to abortion, keeping the state's six-week ban in place.
Amendment No. 4 According to Ready to Fail to of decision desk. of correction According to the proposed amendment, states cannot enforce laws that prohibit abortions before the viable period (approximately 22 weeks of gestation), and abortions after the viable period “can be performed by the patient at the discretion of the patient's health care provider.” would have been permitted “if necessary to protect the health of the public.” Sentence.
“The wording of the proposed amendment is [purposely] “It's misleading to provide medical care to pregnant women, and anyone can be complicit in it,” said Dr. Ana García Iguaran, an obstetrician-gynecologist and general practitioner at the Mater Dei Clinic in Ave Maria. say. said Diocese of Venice, Florida in July. “Of course, pregnant women need medical care. But that is not what this amendment means and does not provide. It will ensure that even young girls have unlimited access to abortion without parental consent. Abortion doesn't improve anyone's life, and it certainly doesn't improve the life of the baby or the mother.”
Kate Dandy leads a protest chant at the Florida State Capitol as bodily autonomy advocates protest a bill restricting abortion in the Florida Legislature on February 16, 2022 in Tallahassee, Florida. Mr. Sumitz (left). (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed the state's proclamation. 6 week abortion ban A law will be passed in 2023 that will allow proceedings up to 15 weeks of pregnancy in cases of rape, incest, and human trafficking. Planned Parenthood organizations challenged the state's 15-week abortion ban in 2022, but the Florida Supreme Court ruled in April 2024 that the state has the right to enact abortion laws. The new six-week abortion ban was upheld.
Voting has ended in Florida.
Fix 3 failed.
Fix 4 failed.
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) November 6, 2024
Republican Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody challenged the initiative in October 2023, arguing that it did not meet the legal requirements to be on the November ballot, but the state Supreme Court agreed. There wasn't. (Related: Tim Walz turned his state into a destination for late-term abortions)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told reporters in August that he intended to vote against the amendment. According to When contacted by Fox News, he declined to comment on election day. According to Go to News Nation.
“We need more than six weeks,” President Trump told Fox. “I've been against that since the early primaries. When I heard that, I didn't agree with it. At the same time, nine months is a hell of a situation, so Democrats That's radical. And, you know, there are some states, like Minnesota and other states, where you can actually execute babies after birth, and all that stuff is unacceptable. That's why I vote against it.”
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