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The Florida Supreme Court also overturned its precedent, that ruled that Article 1, Section 23 of the Florida Constitution protected a woman's right to an abortion [4] Florida's abortion ban, from six weeks since the pregnant women's last menstrual period, with exceptions, took effect on May 1, 2024.
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.
Florida voters will have the final say on a constitutional amendment to guarantee access to abortion after the state's Supreme Court Monday decided to allow the question on the 2024 statewide ballot.
That year, the U.S. Supreme Court determined the U.S. Constitution protected a women's right to an abortion in Roe v. Wade. The current court tossed out that decision in June 2022, throwing the ...
The Florida Supreme Court paved the way for a 6-week abortion ban, while allowing an amendment that would enshrine abortion protections in the state constitution to appear on the November ballot.
From 1972 to 2022, abortion was legal in Florida until 24 weeks of pregnancy. In 2022, Florida began to enforce a restriction passed by legislators preventing women from terminating pregnancies ...
A Florida ballot measure that would have enshrined abortion rights into the state constitution failed after it fell short of 60% support it needed to pass it Tuesday.
Since this 1989 ruling by state justices, abortion has been viewed as a fundamental legal right under Florida’s Constitution although conservatives have long argued that the privacy clause ...