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Monday, September 16, 2024

Critics say a state-backed messaging push is the latest 'dirty trick' by Republican officials to thwart a citizen-led initiative to protect abortion.

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... A political committee behind the campaign to pass a constitutional right to abortion in Florida has filed a lawsuit against a state healthcare agency that it alleges is carrying out a taxpayer-funded "misinformation" campaign against the November ballot measure.

Critics say the state-backed messaging push is the latest "dirty trick" by Republican officials in Florida to thwart the citizen-led initiative to protect abortion in the country's third-largest state. Nearly a million Floridians signed petitions to get the measure known as Amendment 4 on the ballot, surpassing the more than 891,500 signatures required by the state.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida filed the lawsuit in a Leon County circuit court on Thursday on behalf of Floridians Protecting Freedom, Inc., the organization behind Amendment 4. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-15 06:09 PM | Reply

So trilled that my first vote as a Floridian will be for this.

#2 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2024-09-16 07:16 AM | Reply

I hope they win.

So the abortion initiative is still on the ballot?

Damn! We might actually win Florida this election.

No wonder maga maroons seem more desperate than ever.

#3 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-09-16 05:33 PM | Reply

Zeems to me that an immediate halt to ads against the amement s should be ordered if any taxpayer dollars are funding the opposition lies against the amendment.

#4 | Posted by danni at 2024-09-17 02:15 AM | Reply

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