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Is Gov. Ron DeSantis going too far in trying to defeat an amendment to restore abortion access?
That’s what one group says.
“Gov. DeSantis is using his election police to intimidate voters who dare to have beliefs that differ from his. This opens the door towards making voters and all Floridians feel unsafe for voicing their constitutionally protected opinions on important issues like abortion,” says All Voting is Local Action’s Florida State Director Brad Ashwell.
“It’s been clear from day one that the purpose of the election police was to harass voters who don’t have the same viewpoints as the governor. By going after a petition for Amendment 4, which is already on the ballot, Gov. DeSantis is undermining the will of voters and stomping over their democratic freedoms for his own political gain,” Ashwell adds.
State officials are visiting people who signed the petition to get the measure on the ballot, per the Tampa Bay Times, in an effort to establish what reporters call “potential petition fraud.”
The DeSantis administration is already under fire for a so-called transparency webpage that combats “the lies and disinformation surrounding Florida’s abortion laws” to make the case that the amendment, which would end the current ban on the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy, is not needed.
Prior to that, the administration waded into the debate about ballot language to ensure it reads that litigation would impact the state budget if the amendment should pass.
The Governor is investing what appears to be dwindling political capital into this push. New polling suggests legalized abortion, with 55% approval, is more popular than DeSantis, who is under 50%. However, the amendment would need 60% support to pass.
–A.G. Gancarski, Florida Politics
Deborah Coffey says
Fascist police at your door. Ir’s just the beginning of executing Florida’s Nazi Manifesto and that of the entire country if Donald Trump wins the election. Brace yourselves.
Peg Jordan says
I don’t know who you are, but I do know you lied when you said “ All of Florida”. I live in Florida and you’re not speaking for me and I have a different opinion from you and from Governor DeSantis, although he’s the best governor we’ve ever had. Nothing in the constitution gives anybody the right to kill babies. My Bible tells me that there is only one person that has the right to take a life or give a life ,Jesus Christ.
I don’t believe there is any reason for taking a baby‘s life even if the mother suffers or the baby suffers it’s not anybody’s decision but God. Now, if you can show me anywhere in God‘s word that you have the right to take a baby’s life just because you think you need to, show it to me quote it to me and we’ll go from there.
I’m sick and tired of people that say they’re Christian and still approve of killing babies. They are not Christians. They cannot be Christians because they go against the word of God. And I would debate this till my last breath because this is what I believe.
Steve says
Absolutely Unbelievable the depths this man will stoop to. He’ll do anything to subvert the will of the people.