Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Lauren Brenzel, the campaign director of Yes on 4, which helped coordinate support to include a Florida abortion ballot initiative.
The Florida secretary of state defended an investigation into petition fraud, as advocates gather signatures to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution through the proposed Amendment 4 — subject to a referendum on the November ballot.
Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg goes over the latest on Florida Amendment 4, Right to Abortion Initiative.
The battle over abortion rights in Florida is heating up after recent Supreme Court decisions drastically curtailed access to abortion, activists and politicians are rallying behind Amendment 4, a measure that would enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution.
Florida Democratic lawmakers marked the two years of the Dobbs decision on Monday, marking the date when the Supreme Court ended 50 years of federal abortion rights.
Florida’s six-week abortion ban will take effect Wednesday and will replace an existing law that allows abortions up to 15 weeks across the state.
Abortion is legal for some women in Florida, but restrictions do force some to seek out-of-state procedures.
One day after the Florida Supreme Court paved the way for a six-week abortion ban to take effect in the Sunshine State, a South Florida abortion provider says it means many women will have to travel out-of-state if they wish to have the procedure.
Pro-choice activists in Florida, where nearly all abortions are banned after the 15th week of pregnancy, are asking voters to enshrine the right to a termination in the state constitution via a referendum on next year’s election ballot.