Extreme and Deceptive Abortion Amendment will be on the November Ballot
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 1, 2024
Contact: Sara Johnson
Sara@tooextremeforFL.com
(TALLAHASSEE, FL) – Today Florida’s Supreme Court ruled that the deceptive and extreme abortion amendment will appear on the November ballot as Amendment 4.
“Florida Voters be warned: Amendment 4 would enshrine abortion through all trimesters in
our state’s constitution and eliminate all laws that even modestly affect abortion including
parental consent laws, informed consent laws, and other safety regulations that protect
women seeking an abortion. It goes too far for even most people who consider themselves
to be pro-choice, creating loopholes that will allow for abortions in the second and third
trimesters,” said Sara Johnson, Florida Voters Against Extremism’s Statewide Grassroots
Director.
Amendment 4 doesn’t tell voters that it fails to define key terms like “viability” or “patient’s
health” – leaving it up to a so-called “healthcare provider” to make all of these critical
determinations. That’s how Amendment 4 would allow late-term abortions, when a baby is
capable of feeling pain, with no protections for the baby. Then, most outrageously, it
doesn’t tell voters that a “healthcare provider” doesn’t have to be an actual medical doctor
but could be any person from a long list of health-related fields, even a non-medical
employee of an abortion clinic.
These loopholes render meaningless the parts of Amendment 4 that were cleverly worded
to look like safeguards. Worse yet, Amendment 4 would prohibit state agencies or the
legislature from enacting any laws to protect parents’ rights and provide for informed
consent in Florida. In the cases of a minor seeking an abortion, Amendment 4 is written to
sound like it protects parental involvement by mentioning that it would allow for parental
notification, but what it doesn’t tell voters is that it would actually eliminate Florida’s
existing parental consent laws.
“Our campaign will ensure that Florida voters won’t be fooled by the misleading
amendment language and ensure that the abortion industry and out of state abortion
extremists who have spent nearly $20 million on their campaign so far won’t succeed in
their efforts to enact one of the most extreme abortion amendment proposals in America,”
said Sara Johnson.
Florida voters looking for more information or ways they can help defeat Amendment 4
should visit www.TooExtreme4FL.com.