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The Floridians Protecting Freedom committee filed a petition contending that House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, and Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, did not have the authority to direct a panel to revise the statement after a circuit judge rejected an earlier version.
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With a law taking effect May 1 that prevents abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a new report gives an initial picture of the reduced number of abortions being performed in Florida.
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The state has appealed a Leon County circuit judge’s decision requiring changes to a “financial impact statement” that will appear on the November ballot with a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at ensuring abortion rights.
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Investigators say the suspects faked signatures during campaigns to put Amendment 4 on the ballot in Florida and allow the centrist No Labels party to put candidates on the Kansas ballot. Neither drive appears to have depended on the forgeries.
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A Leon County circuit judge Wednesday required a state panel to revise what is known as a "financial impact statement" that will appear on the November ballot with a proposed constitutional amendment about abortion rights.
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With fewer patients, clinics have to scale back, pivot or close. Ballot measures this November could restore abortion access — but may come too late.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis warned that a 2020 law requiring parental consent for abortions would be eliminated if voters approve a 2024 abortion ballot initiative. But this isn’t a foregone conclusion and would likely be decided by the courts.
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Former President Donald Trump’s comments to a Time Magazine reporter allowed for the possibility of states monitoring and punishing women for getting illegal abortions, but he wasn’t as explicit about whether he thought they should.
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With a law now in effect preventing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Florida health-care regulators Thursday released emergency rules related to treating medical conditions that pose dangers to the lives of pregnant women or unborn children.
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The new rules cover documentation and clarify that it will not "constitute an abortion” to induce live births and babies die because of prematurely ruptured membranes, or for treating ectopic pregnancies and trophoblastic tumors.