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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.
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 was among 10 states that had abortion rights measures on Election Day ballots. Former President Donald Trump – a Florida resident – has waffled on whether he would vote for or against ...
Florida Amendment 4: abortion rights Amendment 4 failed, with only 57.1% of the votes in favor. It would have restored allowing abortion in Florida up to "fetal viability," usually around 24 weeks.
What was on the ballot: Florida's Right to Abortion Initiative, or Amendment 4, would overturn Florida's six-week ban and amend the Florida Constitution's Declaration of Rights to prohibit the ...
The amendment needed a supermajority 60% of the vote in order to pass, but received 57% of the vote. It’s the first abortion rights amendment to fail since the fall of federal abortion ...
A measure that would have enshrined protections for abortion rights in Florida's state constitution failed to reach the 60% threshold needed to pass, ABC News projects. ... with 51% of the ...
READ MORE: Seven things to know about what Florida’s six-week abortion ban means. Florida’s 6-week ban maintains exceptions allowing abortions up to 15 weeks in instances of rape and incest ...