The Supreme Court of Florida on Monday April 1 validated the inclusion on the ballot papers in the US elections in November of an amendment guaranteeing the right to abortion in this state in the south-east of the country.
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The Supreme Court of Florida on Monday April 1 validated the inclusion on the ballot papers in the US elections in November of an amendment guaranteeing the right to abortion in this state in the south-east of the country. Florida’s highest court, however, authorized in a separate decision the entry into force in a month of a law signed by the state’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, banning abortion beyond six weeks of pregnancy.
A citizen petition with the required number of approximately 900,000 signatories proposes an amendment to the Florida Constitution “limits state interference in abortion”. The Supreme Court rejects the objections of the republican authorities and “approves the inclusion of the proposed amendment on the ballot” during the presidential and legislative elections in November. If passed, this amendment will be added to the Florida Constitution’s Bill of Rights.
Around twenty states have banned abortion
Outgoing Democratic President Joe Biden has made protecting the right to abortion a focus of his campaign against his Republican predecessor Donald Trump. The latter prides himself on having, through his appointments to the Supreme Court of the United States, resulted in the reversal of jurisprudence of June 2022 which annulled the federal guarantee of the right to abortion. Since this decision giving states full latitude to legislate in this area, around twenty have banned abortion.
