Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion
23-07
Status - Defeated
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- Article 1, New Section
- Summary
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No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient's health, as determined by the patient's healthcare provider. This amendment does not change the Legislature's constitutional authority to require notification to a parent or guardian before a minor has an abortion.
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- Sponsor
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- Contact: Sara Latshaw, Chairperson
Sarasota, FL 34230-
- Signatures
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Statewide total needed for judicial and financial impact review (signed by 25% of voters required by s. 3, Art. XI of the State Constitution in one-half of the congressional districts):
222,881 Statewide total needed to make ballot position (signed by 8% of the voters in at least one-half of Florida's congressional districts and in the state as whole as of the last presidential election):
891,523 Statewide total currently valid:
997,035* Congressional district totals needed for judicial and economic reviews and ballot placement, with currently valid signatures:
View by District by County * The statewide and congressional totals are the totals reported to the Division of Elections by the Supervisors of Elections and do not reflect the Secretary’s determination of the total number of verified valid signatures. Supervisors of Elections are currently correcting their records pursuant to Smart & Safe v. Byrd, No.: 2025-ca-002001 (Fla. 2d Jud. Cir.), Smart & Safe v. Byrd, No.: 2026-ca-0098 (Fla. 2d Jud. Cir.), and other requirements (e.g., voter / circulator ineligibility, inactive voter, revoked circulator, voter notice of fraud). Such corrections may not yet be reflected.
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Status: Defeated
Approval Date: 05/08/2023 Undue Burden: Made Review: 09/07/2023 Attorney General: 09/07/2023 Sent to Supreme Court: 10/09/2023 Supreme Court Ruling: Constitutional SC Ruling Date: 04/01/2024 Financial Impact Statement Date: 11/16/2023 SC Approval of Financial Impact Statement: 04/01/2024 Made Ballot: 01/05/2024 Ballot Number: 4 Election Year: 2024