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Florida’s Amendment 4 sponsor sues DeSantis administration over threat to broadcasters
‘The state of Florida’s crusade against Amendment 4 is unconstitutional government interference — full stop’
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Another lawsuit challenges Florida Gov. DeSantis’ anti-abortion amendment website
‘The website contains harmful statements that are fundamentally misleading at best, if not outright false,’ the lawsuit said
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Florida defends decision to send election police to question those who signed abortion ballot petition
‘Those initiative petitions change or have the potential to change our state constitution.’
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Florida Supreme Court to fast-track case alleging DeSantis interference on abortion-rights amendment
The governor has rebuffed the backlash against Agency for Healthcare Administration’s webpage
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Florida attorney challenges DeSantis administration over state-run anti-abortion website
While the agency contends the information presents facts, critics said the information is biased
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Florida Gov. DeSantis defends using state-run website to push anti-abortion information
Democratic leaders argue, in part, that the agency has violated a state law that bars government employees from using their offices or authority to try to influence elections
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‘Threatens women’s safety’: State agency targets Florida abortion rights amendment
The agency’s webpage states that Amendment 4 ‘threatens to expose women and children to health risks’
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Committee working to enshrine abortion into Florida Constitution raises another $7.26 million
The Floridians Protecting Freedom committee had raised a total of $47 million since forming in spring 2023
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Florida abortion numbers down since 6-week ban took effect
More than 40,000 abortions had been reported this year in Florida as of Aug. 1
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DeSantis approves state-funded pregnancy resources website that will not mention abortion
The bill earmarks nearly half a million dollars for a new state pregnancy resources website, and was supported by anti-abortion groups.
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Orlando abortion clinics remain open as Florida’s six-week abortion ban takes effect
Planned Parenthood clinics will remain operational, while a private clinic south of downtown plans to expand its services.
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‘This state will start to smell like marijuana’: Gov. DeSantis complains about marijuana, abortion amendments in Florida
The governor criticized the recreational marijuana measure, which will appear as Amendment 3 on the November ballot, calling it the ‘weed one’
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Issues on Florida’s November ballot will include campaign funds, property taxes, hunting and more
Floridians in November will vote on six proposed constitutional amendments
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‘President Biden’s opening in Florida’: Democrats say abortion could affect races up and down November ballot
Focus on the abortion issue exploded Monday shortly after the seven-member Supreme Court overturned decades of precedent
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Florida Supreme Court upholds six-week abortion ban but will allow voters to decide in November
The court issued two bombshell opinions that will dramatically restrict abortion in the coming months
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Florida Republicans file bill allowing lawsuits over ‘unborn child’ deaths
The legislation, filed by the House and Senate sponsors of the six-week abortion ban, has drawn intense pushback from abortion providers and their allies
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Abortion rights initiative meets requirement to get on Florida’s 2024 ballot
The Florida Division of Elections website Friday morning showed that 910,946 valid signatures had been tallied for the proposal
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Florida court denies minor an abortion without parental consent, again
In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind ruling in Florida, the appeals court Wednesday said it did not have legal jurisdiction to decide the case and dismissed it
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Committee aiming to put abortion rights on Florida’s 2024 ballot collects over 860K signatures
The Florida Division of Elections website showed 863,876 valid petition signatures for the proposal