Florida’s Supreme Court issued a pair of decisions Monday upholding a 15-week abortion ban and allowing voters to decide on a constitutional amendment enshrining the right to abortion.
The Florida Supreme Court’s ruling rejected state Attorney General Ashley Moody’s argument that amendments on the issue should be removed from the vote.
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The Florida Supreme Court building in Tallahassee, Florida on November 10, 2018. (Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
“This decision highlights the difficulty and divisiveness of allowing vague and misleading initiatives on the ballot,” she wrote. “We have argued from the beginning that these two new constitutional initiatives mislead voters. We have argued that it will be an uphill battle to educate voters. But we… respects the court’s decision.”
Mr. Moody, a Republican, argued that the amendment was deceptive and that voters would not understand how far it would expand access to abortion.
Katie Daniel of Florida said, “This measure not only brings dangerous late-term abortions back to Florida, but also allows girls who are not old enough to pierce their own ears to have an abortion without their parents’ permission.” “It will be.” Susan B. Anthony, policy director for Pro-Life America, filed a brief opposing the amendment. “This measure would put these girls and the women who have abortions at risk if all abortion health regulations were removed from the books.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the abortion provider.
DeSantis spokeswoman Julia Friedland said the court’s three female justices who dissented from the majority “made the right decision.”
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Participants wave signs as they return to Orlando City Hall during the March for Abortion Access on October 2, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. The Florida Supreme Court on Monday upheld the state’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. A six-week ban subsequently passed could come into effect soon. (Chasity Maynard/Orlando Sentinel, via AP, File)
“This amendment is misleading and will confuse voters,” he told Fox News Digital in a statement. “This language hides the true purpose of the amendment, which is to require abortions to be permitted up to the time of birth.”
The amendment before voters states that “no law shall prohibit, penalize, or prohibit abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the health of the patient, in the judgment of the patient’s health care provider. shall not be delayed or restricted.”
The high court also upheld Florida’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. This means that the subsequently passed six-week abortion ban could come into effect soon. The ruling means the six-week abortion ban that DeSantis signed last year goes into effect.
Abortion rights advocates across the country are calling for the issue to be placed on the ballot after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Maryland voters will decide in November whether the state should enshrine abortion rights and “reproductive freedom” in the state constitution.
Pro-life women celebrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Gemnu Amarasinghe)
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New York state’s constitution prohibits voters from denying rights based on “ethnicity, national origin, age, disability,” or “gender (including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, or pregnancy outcomes).” The amendment plan will be decided upon. , Reproductive Health and Autonomy. ”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
