‘ Profoundly relieved’: Major abortion amendment in Florida fails to pass

[Michie]

A proposed pro-abortion amendment in Florida failed to pass on Tuesday, bringing an end to an effort to enshrine broad abortion access in the state constitution and serving abortion advocates with a major defeat in the 2024 election.

The failure of Amendment 4 offers a sharp rebuke to the pro-abortion lobby, which poured more than $100 million into Florida in an effort to enshrine abortion in the state constitution and negate the state’s Heartbeat Protection Act, one of the most pro-life laws in the country.

Prior to the Tuesday vote there were indications that the measure might fail. Less than a week before Election Day, polling indicated that support for the ballot measure was just short of the requisite 60% it needed to pass.

By 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, with roughly 90% of the vote counted, returns showed Amendment 4 with about 57% of voters in favor, failing to clear the 60% threshold.

“Amendment 4 has failed,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said on X on Tuesday night.

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Major abortion amendment in Florida fails to pass

The failure of Amendment 4 offers a sharp rebuke to the pro-abortion lobby, which poured more than $100 million into Florida.

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[chevyontheriver]

A proposed pro-abortion amendment in Florida failed to pass on Tuesday, bringing an end to an effort to enshrine broad abortion access in the state constitution and serving abortion advocates with a major defeat in the 2024 election.

The failure of Amendment 4 offers a sharp rebuke to the pro-abortion lobby, which poured more than $100 million into Florida in an effort to enshrine abortion in the state constitution and negate the state’s Heartbeat Protection Act, one of the most pro-life laws in the country.

Prior to the Tuesday vote there were indications that the measure might fail. Less than a week before Election Day, polling indicated that support for the ballot measure was just short of the requisite 60% it needed to pass.

By 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, with roughly 90% of the vote counted, returns showed Amendment 4 with about 57% of voters in favor, failing to clear the 60% threshold.

“Amendment 4 has failed,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said on X on Tuesday night.

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Major abortion amendment in Florida fails to pass

The failure of Amendment 4 offers a sharp rebuke to the pro-abortion lobby, which poured more than $100 million into Florida.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

Nebraska shot down a similar constitutional amendment and passed a rival one that kept all existing anti-abortion laws on the books. Just perhaps we are beginning to see the end of the post-Dobbs abortion juggernaut.

 

[RileyG]

Nebraska shot down a similar constitutional amendment and passed a rival one that kept all existing anti-abortion laws on the books. Just perhaps we are beginning to see the end of the post-Dobbs abortion juggernaut.

Happy for my state! Happy for my bishop!