The Florida Supreme Court found that the State Constitution’s privacy protections do not extend to abortion. But it also allowed a ballot question on whether to expand abortion access.

Note: “6 weeks” counts from last-period-date, so it means as little as two weeks since conception, which is before many women realize they are pregnant

  • SaltySalamander@fedia.io
    30·
    9 months ago

    but Voters Will Get to Weigh In

    Sorta like Florida voters voted to have recreational cannabis but the gov’t stepped in and said “Nuh uh!”? As if Florida voters actually have any real say-so.

    • calabast@lemm.ee
      21·
      9 months ago

      Or like when Floridans voted to allow anyone who finished their prison sentence to be allowed to vote again, and FL gov said “how about we implement a poll tax instead?”

    • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee
      11·
      9 months ago

      The amendment for recreational pot is going on the ballot this November. The petition was shot down twice, once for the wording on the ballot and the second time for not “securing enough signatures”. This time it passed. The first vote for medical failed to get a super majority but the second round passed. No one in Florida has had a chance to vote on recreational pot in the past as far as I can find/remember.

      Don’t get me wrong, it’s frustrating bullshit that we’ve had to fight it twice to get it on the ballot. But to say we’ve already voted for (and passed) it twice is verifiably false