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Claim: Amendment 4 would protect a woman’s decision to have an abortion This is true. Amendment 4 would end restrictions on abortions before a fetus could survive outside of the uterus.
For years the last state in the South that permitted abortion beyond 12 weeks, Florida's more restrictive 6-week ban went into effect Wednesday. Abortion now illegal after 6 weeks in Florida, with ...
Florida's first abortion law was implemented in 1868, lasting until 1972; it stated: [8] [9] Abortion: Every person who shall administer to any woman pregnant with a quick child any medicine, drug or substance whatever, or shall use or employ any instrument or other means, with intent thereby to destroy such child, unless the same shall have been necessary to preserve the life of such mother ...
Florida Amendment 4 [1] was a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution, which failed on November 5, 2024. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Through a statewide referendum , the amendment achieved 57% support among voters in the U.S. state of Florida , short of the 60% supermajority required by law.
Amendment 4 would have restored allowing abortion in Florida up to "fetal viability," usually around 24 weeks. The ACLU called the failed ballot measure a "temporary loss" and called on the ...
Amendment 4 would restore allowing abortion in Florida up to "fetal viability," usually around 24 weeks. If it doesn’t pass, providers told the USA TODAY Network-Florida that women will take ...
Amendment 4, which would have prohibited laws restricting abortion before fetal viability or when necessary to protect a pregnant woman’s health, had 58.4% support with more than 95% of votes ...
What the amendment says on abortion limits. The summary for Amendment 4, titled, "Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion," reads: "No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or ...