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The Floridians Protecting Freedom committee filed a petition contending that House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, and Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, did not have the authority to direct a panel to revise the statement after a circuit judge rejected an earlier version.
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An appeals court Monday declined to take up a fight stemming from a "financial impact statement" that will appear on the November ballot with a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion rights, saying the case is moot because the statement was revised last week.
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Republicans were once the party of Obamacare repeal and abortion opposition. They’ve said little about either issue in Milwaukee.
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Financial impact statements provide estimated effects of proposed constitutional amendments on government revenues and the state budget. But the disputes about the abortion impact statement come amid a fierce — and growing — political battle which seeks to enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution.
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The 1st District Court of Appeal quickly denied a request filed by Floridians Protecting Freedom, a political committee sponsoring the proposed constitutional amendment.
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Amendment 4 supporters accused the members of the Financial Impact Estimating Conference of misleading voters by including that the measure could lead to Medicaid-funded abortions and costly lawsuits.
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The state panel is looking at how abortion rights may financially impact Medicaid, litigation and the state's overall economy, to name a few of the issues if voters approved Amendment 4.
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Vacation rentals, presidential politics in Florida and the financial forecast for abortion amendmentThis week on The Florida Roundup, we discussed a bill that would have created statewide regulations for vacation rentals, how presidential politics are playing out in Florida after the Biden and Trump campaign stopped by the state, a look at the group forecasting the financial impact of November's proposed abortion amendment, and new condo reforms.
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A new poll finds that a solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban and that a rising number appear to support access to abortions for any reason.
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A state panel Monday continued to debate a "financial impact statement" about a proposed ballot measure that seeks to enshrine abortion rights in the Florida Constitution.
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A state panel Monday again analyzed potential financial impacts of a proposed constitutional amendment about abortion rights, with amendment opponents focusing on costs linked to lawsuits if the measure passes.
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Monday marked the two year anniversary of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Thirty people marched in Gainesville calling for increased access to reproductive healthcare.