{"id":2211357,"date":"2024-04-02T12:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T16:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-supreme-court-rules-to-allow-deceptive-abortion-amendment-on-november-ballot\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T12:21:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T16:21:33","slug":"florida-supreme-court-rules-to-allow-deceptive-abortion-amendment-on-november-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-supreme-court-rules-to-allow-deceptive-abortion-amendment-on-november-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Supreme Court clears path for controversial abortion measure on upcoming ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-supreme-court-rules-to-allow-deceptive-abortion-amendment-on-november-ballot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2211357&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u200b Florida \u200cSupreme Court has approved \u200ca controversial\u200d abortion amendment for the November\u2062 ballot, allowing unlimited abortion up to birth. Attorney General Ashley Moody \u200craised concerns about deceptive \u200cpractices surrounding \u200cthe amendment. With unclear language, the proposed amendment could impact parental rights\u2063 and abortion regulations in \u200bthe state. Despite dissent from some justices, the amendment will \u2064go before voters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<p>         <span>Image Credit<\/span>FDRLST\/Canva       <\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The Florida Supreme Court ruled this week to allow a deceptive abortion amendment that calls for the codification of unlimited abortion through birth in the state\u2019s constitution on the ballot in November. <\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Ashley Moody asked the state court last year to weigh in on the amendment touted by baby-killing ballot measure advocates like the ACLU and <a href=\"https:\/\/dos.elections.myflorida.com\/committees\/ComDetail.asp?account=83927\">abortion giant Planned Parenthood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment titled \u201cLimit Government Interference with Abortion\u201d states, \u201cNo law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient\u2019s health, as determined by the patient\u2019s healthcare provider.\u201d A ballot summary claims, \u201cThis amendment does not change the Legislature\u2019s constitutional authority to require notification to a parent or guardian before a minor has an abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moody, however, warned the amendment\u2019s vague reference to viability and undefined use of the terms \u201chealth\u201d and \u201chealthcare provider\u201d could easily deceive voters who <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/16\/poll-majority-of-americans-still-reject-democrats-unlimited-abortion-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overwhelmingly oppose<\/a> the legalization of killing unborn babies throughout all nine months of gestation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ballot summary here is part of a \u2026 design to lay ticking time bombs that will enable abortion proponents later to argue that the amendment has a much broader meaning than voters would ever have thought,\u201d Moody wrote in her brief.<\/p>\n<p>Several local and national pro-life groups \u2014 including Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, the National Center for Life and Liberty, Florida Voters Against Extremism, and the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops \u2014 filed support briefs expressing similar concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ballot language incorrectly implies that the amendment will not impact parental rights when their children seek abortions. Currently, Florida requires parental consent, with limited<br \/>exceptions, before a physician can perform an abortion on a minor,\u201d SBA Pro-Life America wrote in its brief. \u201cIf the proposed amendment passes, this statute will likely be another casualty. The loss of parental consent is obscured in the ballot language, which highlights that the proposed amendment will not change the constitutional right to parental notification\u2014leading voters to assume that the right to parental consent will be similarly untouched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/lc.org\/PDFs\/040124Opinion_SC2023-1392.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4 to 3 ruling<\/a> split by sex, the Florida Supreme Court\u2019s male justices ignored concerns about abortion activists\u2019 deceptive practices, including <a href=\"https:\/\/sbaprolife.org\/newsroom\/press-releases\/fl-pro-abortion-activists-arrested-for-phony-petition-signatures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">submitting fraudulent signatures<\/a> to reject Moody\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the court\u2019s rubber stamp, a proposed amendment littered with confusing language threatens not only Floridians\u2019 parental rights but also the state\u2019s ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/ahca.myflorida.com\/content\/download\/20807\/file\/Abortion_Report_2022_Regulatory_Actions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regulate abortion<\/a> will go before voters in seven months.<\/p>\n<p>In her dissent, Justice Meredith Sasso, joined by Justices Jamie Grosshans and Renatha Francis, criticized the proposed amendment as \u201cvague and ambiguous\u201d and said sponsors failed to \u201c\u2018explain\u2019 the material legal effects of the proposed ballot amendment\u201d per state law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead, the Sponsor has punted, leaving the legal effect to be revealed by the eye of the beholder. The Sponsor\u2019s statutory obligation, as explained by this Court\u2019s precedent, demands more,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Sasso is right. Loose terms like \u201cviability\u201d can easily be exploited to ensure the subjective judgment of a doctor gets the final say. If the proposed amendment passes in November, medical professionals in Florida could deem abortion at any stage of pregnancy necessary for a woman\u2019s \u201chealth,\u201d physical, emotional, or other.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED:[RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/07\/abortion-radicals-will-expand-their-schemes-from-ohio-to-your-state-heres-how-to-be-ready\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abortion Radicals Will Expand Their Schemes From Ohio To Your State. Here\u2019s How To Be Ready<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The state Supreme Court\u2019s actions this week weren\u2019t a complete loss. Justices also issued a ruling allowing Florida\u2019s 15-week abortion limit, which a <a href=\"https:\/\/harvardharrispoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/HHP_June2022_KeyResults.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strong majority of Americans support<\/a>, to stand.<\/p>\n<p>A heartbeat law, which passed last year, is expected to lower that extend that limit to six weeks gestation on May 1. That law, however, will mean nothing if the proposed amendment passes in November.<\/p>\n<p>  \u201cWe must oppose Prop 4. Not only will this measure bring dangerous late-term abortions <a href=\"https:\/\/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com\/ls\/click?upn=u001.TDVbDwTMVTya0PSBJ1a4MZ4Kj-2FcUe0TMsEP8kxjewzV0GkNs1b-2BkwJgmnQOBpZFZ2JdgRzXzaduznqx1Vfkp84rop914nx7JYs3ZtKXd63ZN7AIDOMfn6nKQZRIT84OkcbvY95zU6MQ7YuTCqR0huEQjxt81ejn66-2FhT7cl701QP9qtCAURCUAX4uThMpUkf7jqxG4Z9s2ksznufJygt8kUBELBhKOl8sc0QCj8Pay2nLj2VC5mV79VR8hMSPzR1Rubz_eOMbwaONHyCvJAMzKRRFMjKjxUp3pTmK5G8wCYcioWAKG0nVgzGppiGY-2F-2FQxEirkHO-2B60Z-2FtemiiK9GaBA-2Bl7yYkgqJPF51TQvaWMJv3MHxONBuuxkgmjqhJDz2Izl7fjS7rN1nbpnyFBV2ifUpYLqGWgoJ9TlQwDKgUAorSiQVaQQM5Mw-2BKgB4zBPDNZPPKoZ4RwIC-2B1qSq1Qt511f1GW91JyVo8D2bHdmrfSCOE20CDJ58eyJ2jC0h9hMyPsHguqZStS8wfvTVp6u5fZI5tQ7hBqVhemSDdmxU5CuU0Jg-2FWY7Su9qDBZ0jdw4fJEE1QmuF71sHwkk63BJZHHgIZ0qRO9gi2yxor8UE6eznfl9eh-2FUtliZDbGKzR6VcD46I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">back to Florida<\/a>, but it will allow girls who aren\u2019t old enough to get their ears pierced on their own get an abortion without a parent\u2019s okay,\u201d SBA Pro-Life America\u2019s State Policy Director Katie Daniel said in a statement. \u201cThose girls and the women who have abortions will be put at risk when this measure eliminates every abortion health regulation on the books. In a state where 25% of abortion centers <a href=\"https:\/\/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com\/ls\/click?upn=u001.TDVbDwTMVTya0PSBJ1a4MT4JwjShlyihS22bwqd5BxH7W7wCOS7Jq8T7cbY9-2B-2FZeHIurk-2B4ip7J5BTEHbiK-2B2tEyNoNTYH5FhMm2sfgeE74sAVCk7InWXoFa6BQVw05Lqd8L24Fnzz9sxSjy3Iyl9Q-3D-3D_3Rv_eOMbwaONHyCvJAMzKRRFMjKjxUp3pTmK5G8wCYcioWAKG0nVgzGppiGY-2F-2FQxEirkHO-2B60Z-2FtemiiK9GaBA-2Bl7yYkgqJPF51TQvaWMJv3MHxONBuuxkgmjqhJDz2Izl7fjS7rN1nbpnyFBV2ifUpYLqGWgoJ9TlQwDKgUAorSiQVaQQM5Mw-2BKgB4zBPDNZPPKoZ4RwIC-2B1qSq1Qt511f1GW91JyVo8D2bHdmrfSCOE22Wkyb1a6a1ox-2B3UhIHnq7gNjtOiwAnxRjdfjhx9qIZhEuMJgfhIh0TpcBbc2xm3vDbQNKLO1p3OvCr9rEniT7ZG0oXhGiUkI6ARyp0zn8SqEAWm9wS0gChYvhe4MxSBuu7NvDucmzrVOrYRWQJ0Isw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">failed inspections<\/a> it\u2019s no surprise they want to be completely unregulated to increase their profits at the expense of women, girls and babies.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Supreme Court approved a controversial abortion amendment for the November ballot, advocating for unrestricted abortion up to birth. Attorney General Ashley Moody sought the court&#8217;s opinion on the amendment labeled as a baby-killing ballot measure. 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