Florida's abortion ballot measure gets final push days before the election

Abortion rights have won in all seven states with ballot measures since Roe v. Wade was overturned, but Florida's Amendment 4 requires 60% voter approval to pass.

MIAMI — Since Florida banned abortion past six weeks of pregnancy in May, around 700 women sought care at Planned Parenthood’s Miami office only to find out it was too late, according to the organization. Some went to other states to end their pregnancies. Others didn’t have that choice.

One of the more dramatic cases involved a cancer patient who had to stop chemotherapy when she found out she was over six weeks pregnant.

Because of what she has seen, Dr. Chelsea Daniels, a physician with Planned Parenthood, is one of those at the forefront of advocating for a ballot measure known as Amendment 4 that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.

“Blood, sweat and tears have gone into this, and it needs to pass for the sake of my community and the sake of my patients,” Daniels said, as she choked up. “The reality of the ban that we’re living under is so cruel and extreme.”

Abortions had been allowed in Florida up to 24 weeks of pregnancy until the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision in 2022. It was restricted to 15 weeks in July of that year and then banned after six weeks on May 1. If Amendment 4 passes, it would guarantee the right to abortion before fetal viability, or about 24 weeks.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/florida-abortion-ballot-measure-election-day-push-rcna177697

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