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Despite receiving 57.1% of votes, Amendment 4 did not achieve the 60% threshold needed to pass. It saw 5,754,423 votes in total. Abortion was on the ballot in 10 states.
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 will vote in November on Amendment 4, which would legalize abortion in the state before fetal viability or “when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient ...
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 ...
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
This amendment does not change the Legislature’s constitutional authority to require notification to a parent or guardian before a minor has an abortion.” Fetal viability has been put at about ...
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 ...