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VICTORY! Florida’s Abortion Amendment 4 Falls in Defeat

In a victory for unborn life and women on November 5, 2024, Florida’s extreme pro-abortion Amendment 4 failed to get the needed votes at the ballot box to amend the state’s constitution. Amendment 4’s ballot vote failed to achieve the required 60 percent threshold. This is a dramatic defeat considering that Planned Parenthood and other abortion proponents poured over $100 million into the campaign to pass Amendment 4. The opponents of Amendment 4 were far outspent but focused their efforts in churches and getting out their message going door-to-door.

Amendment 4 would have led to abortion on-demand through all nine months of pregnancy for any reason. The broad and sweeping amendment would have struck down every abortion law in Florida (except for parental notification) and changed the state from one of the most protective of unborn life to one of the most dangerous. Specifically, it would have invalidated parental consent laws, the requirement that licensed doctors perform abortions, informed consent, health and safety regulations, and would have required taxpayers to fund abortion.

Amendment 4 was sponsored by Floridians Protecting Freedom, Inc., and was heavily funded by George Soros’ Open Society Fund, Planned Parenthood, and the ACLU.

Even though Amendment 4 did not pass, the effort to get it on the ballot remains under investigation by the Florida Office of Election Crimes & Security (OECS), as well as by state law enforcement. According to the OECS, there are more than 100 ongoing investigations into the “widespread” use of potentially fraudulent signatures used to help place the amendment on the ballot. State officials reported that the amendment’s sponsor employed “known or suspected fraudsters” in the signature collection effort. Preliminary audits reveal that enough signatures could be invalidated making Amendment 4 an illegal ballot initiative.

The amendment, “Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion,” would have created a new section in the Florida Constitution “limiting government interference with abortion.” The full text of the accompanying ballot summary states: “No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider. This amendment does not change the Legislature’s constitutional authority to require notification to a parent or guardian before a minor has an abortion.”

For more information on Amendment 4, see Liberty Counsel Action

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