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Environmental protection, gun control and access to abortion topped the list of priorities for the group.
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Activists on both sides of Florida's abortion access debate are working towards ballot measures that would enshrine their views in the state constitution.
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Abortion rights supporters have collected nearly half a million petition signatures for their campaign to place the issue before voters on the 2024 ballot.
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Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade, Florida has enacted a law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, passed a 6-week ban that remains pending, and prepared to challenge a privacy clause in the state constitution that has, in the past, been found to protect abortion rights. Now, advocates are working to put language in the state constitution that explicitly protects abortion access.
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Florida implemented an abortion ban after Dobbs and plans to enforce even harsher restrictions, pending a lawsuit. Abortion rights supporters in the state say that has caused fear and endangered lives.
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Voters could be asked to support abortion rights through viability in the 2024 election in Florida, but the Floridians Protecting Freedom coalition has to meet tough requirements to get the item on the ballot.
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A coalition of groups formally began a drive to try to pass a constitutional amendment in 2024 to ensure abortion rights in Florida.
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After the Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a law to prevent abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, abortion-rights supporters want to take the issue to voters. Floridians Protecting Freedom, a newly formed group, will hold a news conference Monday in Tallahassee to begin a campaign to pass a constitutional amendment supporting abortion rights, according to a news release Friday.
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Abortion laws in Florida are now approaching the restrictiveness they had in Latin America before the 'green wave' legalized the procedure in Argentina, Colombia and other catholic countries.
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The ban gives Gov. DeSantis a key political victory among Republican primary voters as he prepares to launch a presidential candidacy built on his national brand as a conservative standard bearer.
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The Republican-dominated Florida Legislature has approved a bill to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The House gave the proposal final passage on Thursday.
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Florida lawmakers this week reached the halfway point in this year’s 60-day legislative session. The House and Senate have passed high-profile bills involving issues such as affordable housing and school vouchers, but major issues remain to be resolved.