Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody says proposed abortion amendment would 'hoodwink' voters
Orlando Weekly
Attorney General Ashley Moody late Tuesday urged the Florida Supreme Court to reject a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to ensure abortion rights, describing the measure as an effort to hoodwink voters.
Moody filed a 39-page
brief contending that the proposal should be kept off the 2024 ballot because the wording of the ballot summary would be misleading to voters.
The brief said the ballot summary is part of an overall design to lay ticking time bombs that will enable abortion proponents later to argue that the amendment has a much broader meaning than voters would ever have thought.
Moody signaled last month that she would ask the Supreme Court to block the proposed amendment, which the Floridians Protecting Freedom political committee is trying to pass after Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature approved controversial abortion restrictions. But Moody did not fully detail her arguments until filing the brief Tuesday evening.
The Supreme Court plays a critical role, as it reviews proposed ballot measures to determine if wording is clear and is limited to single subjects. It can reject initiatives that dont meet legal standards.