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| Florida votes against amendment enshrining abortion rights into state constitution | |
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| Ballot measure that would have rolled back state’s six-week ban does not pass in devastating blow for advocates | Ballot measure that would have rolled back state’s six-week ban does not pass in devastating blow for advocates |
| Florida voters defeated a measure to enshrine abortion access into the state constitution, a devastating blow for advocates who had hoped to roll back the state’s six-week abortion ban and continue their now-broken streak of ballot-measure victories. | Florida voters defeated a measure to enshrine abortion access into the state constitution, a devastating blow for advocates who had hoped to roll back the state’s six-week abortion ban and continue their now-broken streak of ballot-measure victories. |
| A total of 10 states voted on abortion-related ballot initiatives on Tuesday; results are forthcoming in the other nine. Four of those states could overturn post-Roe abortion bans and restore access. | A total of 10 states voted on abortion-related ballot initiatives on Tuesday; results are forthcoming in the other nine. Four of those states could overturn post-Roe abortion bans and restore access. |
| Unlike other measures, which only require a simple majority – or, in the case of Colorado, 55% of the vote – to pass, the Florida measure needed to garner 60% of the vote. | Unlike other measures, which only require a simple majority – or, in the case of Colorado, 55% of the vote – to pass, the Florida measure needed to garner 60% of the vote. |
| While it was always considered an uphill climb, the Florida result is a bitter pill for abortion rights supporters, shattering a string of successes at the ballot box. Advocates have won a string of abortion-related ballot measures in seven states since Roe was overturned. | While it was always considered an uphill climb, the Florida result is a bitter pill for abortion rights supporters, shattering a string of successes at the ballot box. Advocates have won a string of abortion-related ballot measures in seven states since Roe was overturned. |
| After the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022, Florida became a refuge for people fleeing the abortion bans that now blanket the rest of the US south, before its six-week ban took effect in May of this year. | After the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022, Florida became a refuge for people fleeing the abortion bans that now blanket the rest of the US south, before its six-week ban took effect in May of this year. |
| Had the Florida measure passed on Tuesday, it would have protected the right to abortion up until fetal viability, or about 24 weeks into pregnancy. | Had the Florida measure passed on Tuesday, it would have protected the right to abortion up until fetal viability, or about 24 weeks into pregnancy. |
| In the weeks leading up to election day, Florida Republicans alarmed civil rights and voting rights groups by unleashing a wave of attacks on the measure. Law enforcement officials investigated people who signed a petition to get the measure onto the ballot, while the state’s agency for healthcare administration put up a webpage attacking the amendment. | In the weeks leading up to election day, Florida Republicans alarmed civil rights and voting rights groups by unleashing a wave of attacks on the measure. Law enforcement officials investigated people who signed a petition to get the measure onto the ballot, while the state’s agency for healthcare administration put up a webpage attacking the amendment. |