It is “unprecedented for the State to expressly advocate against a citizen-led initiative,” Bacardi Jackson, the executive director of the ACLU of Florida, told the Times. Elections lawyer Barry Richard, who worked on the amendment, said the state’s website is “completely inappropriate.” Read more at Rolling Stone
Two residents of Lee County said they were questioned at their homes about the validity of petition signatures Read more at Tampa Bay Times
Florida voters who signed a petition to place a pro-choice abortion referendum on the ballot this November say they have been visited by police who are investigating claims of fraud at the behest of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration, the Tampa Bay Times reported Saturday. Read more at Salon
It is the latest example of Florida Republicans using the mechanics of government to try to styme the initiative. Read more at Politico
After months of Donald Trump attempting to repaint himself as a moderate on abortion — despite the former president bragging that he killed Roe v. Wade — he has finally bent the knee to anti-abortion leaders. On Friday, Trump declared that he would vote against a ballot measure in Florida that would restore access to … Read more
“What we’ve seen in the aftermath of this ban is just devastation and chaos, and it has really impacted the lives of Floridians but also has expanded its impact throughout the southeast,” Brittany Fonteno, president and CEO of the National Abortion Federation, told Salon in a phone interview. “We have seen a dramatic increase in … Read more
“These websites are breaking the law … aiding and abetting crimes in Texas,” says John Seago, the president of Texas Right to Life. “We want to use all the instruments that we have, all the tools available, to really fight against this new trend of abortion pills by mail.” Seago says providers should still be … Read more
Trump won’t say how he’ll vote on Florida abortion amendment Trump made the comments during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach. A POLITICO reporter asked how he — as a Florida resident — would vote and he demurred, adding that he thinks abortion has “become much less of an issue.” Read … Read more
The effects of Iowa’s ban will especially be felt in its neighbor, Illinois. Since Dobbs overturned Roe, Illinois has already seen an influx in patients from the south. Data from the Society of Family Planning #WeCount found that after Dobbs, Illinois saw the biggest increase in out-of-state abortions. Florida, a state that now also has … Read more
“They almost always put up as many procedural obstacles as possible,” Anna Hochkammer of the Florida Women’s Freedom Coalition said. “They try and make these processes as expensive and complicated as possible, and this is another example of that tactic.” Read more at Politico
