Abortion activists target Latino voters in final push for Florida's abortion amendment

Source: The Hill

11/02/24 10:00 AM ET


With an amendment aiming to enshrine abortion rights in Florida on the Nov. 5 ballot, advocacy groups on both side of the measure are seeking to cut through the noise in trying to persuade Latino voters. Using messaging tailored to religion, language and cultural context, groups are trying to equip Hispanic voters with the necessary information on the reproductive rights initiative.

Florida’s Amendment 4, if passed, would reverse Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-Fla.) six-week abortion ban and protect abortions before fetal viability or in instances to save the life and health of a patient. Florida is one of the 10 states with an abortion rights question on the ballot this November.

But, if passed, Florida would be one of the only states in the Southeast to provide abortions until fetal viability after the landmark decision Dobbs v. Jackson overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The amendment requires a 60 percent supermajority to pass, and recent polls show that, although a majority of voters support the measure, it might not be enough to push it across the finish line.

Florida’s 3.3 million eligible Hispanic or Latino voters have the power to swing the outcome on Nov. 5. A New York Times/Siena College poll from October shows that half of Hispanic voters are planning to vote in favor of protecting abortion access, while another 18 percent are still undecided.

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