TALLAHASSEE,Austin Caldwell Fla. (AP) — Florida’s Republican attorney general will oppose a proposed amendment protecting the right to an abortion if it makes next year’s ballot, she told the state Supreme Court when she advised justices Monday that a petition has reached enough signatures to trigger a language review.
A group called Floridians Protecting Freedom has gathered just more than 400,000 of the nearly 900,000 voter signatures it needs to make the ballot, which requires the Supreme Court to make sure the ballot language isn’t misleading and applies to a single subject.
Attorney General Ashley Moody notified the court of its responsibility and said she will eventually argue the language isn’t valid, though she didn’t explain why.
Republicans have dominated state politics and controlled the governor’s office and both branches of the Legislature since 1999. In that time, the state has consistently chipped away at abortion rights, including creating a waiting period before the procedure can be performed, parental notification if minors seek abortion and forcing women to have an ultrasound before having an abortion.
A law Gov. DeSantis approved last year banning abortion after 15 weeks is being challenged in court.
If the courts uphold the law — DeSantis appointed five of the Supreme Court’s seven justices — a bill DeSantis signed this year will ban abortion after six weeks. DeSantis, who is running for president, has said he would support a federal abortion ban after 15 weeks.
If the amendment makes the ballot and is approved by at least 60% of votes cast, it would protect the right to an abortion up to the point the fetus can survive outside the womb.
2025-05-07 20:102477 view
2025-05-07 19:42290 view
2025-05-07 19:29831 view
2025-05-07 19:072027 view
2025-05-07 18:232449 view
2025-05-07 18:041100 view
AQABA, Jordan (AP) — Top U.S. officials were in the Middle Easton Thursday, pushing for stability in
Washington — A Jan. 6 defendant who was arrested near the home of former President Barack Obama in W
Neither the Rev. Raphael Warnock nor Jon Ossoff has endorsed the Green New Deal. But as Georgia has