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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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Here's a short description of each amendment, whether they passed or failed and what weed and abortion laws are like in Florida. Amendment 1 - Partisan School Board Members - FAILED
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 ...
The governor has pushed back hard against Amendment 4 since the beginning: fighting the amendment’s existence in Florida’s Supreme Court; hiring outside consultants to help craft a fiscal ...
Florida law currently follows the Hyde Amendment rule that only allows residents to use public funds for abortion in three scenarios. Amendment 4, an “amendment to limit government interference ...