Court gave voters a chance to enshrine abortion in state constitution, but also paved way for six-week ban within 30 days
Florida residents will get the chance to vote on a ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, thestate supreme court ruled on Monday, teeing up a dramatic electoral showdown over abortion access in a state that has become a haven for women fleeing southern abortion bans.
Grosshans was appointed by Florida’s current governor, Republican Ron DeSantis. In total, five of the seven justices on the Florida state supreme court were appointed by Republicans. In the meantime, the ban is set to have a staggering impact on abortion access across the southern US, since people outside Florida rely heavily on the state for abortions. Almost 10,000 people who received abortions in Florida in 2023 hailed from outside Florida, according to a recent analysis by the Guttmacher Institute. That’s more than double the out-of-state abortion patients seen in Florida in 2020, before Roe fell.
By allowing healthcare providers to determine if an abortion is necessary to protect a patient’s health or whether a fetus has reached viability, the ballot measure would strip power away from the government – and does not clearly convey that shift in power to voters, Moody argued in court records.
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