Abortion-rights supporters push court to OK wording on proposed constitutional amendment
Abortion-rights supporters push court to OK wording on proposed constitutional amendment
Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment that would ensure abortion rights in Florida have fired back at Attorney General Ashley Moodys arguments that the measure should be blocked from the 2024 ballot.
The political committee Floridians Protecting Freedom, which is sponsoring the proposal, filed a brief late Friday at the Florida Supreme Court disputing Moodys contention that the measure would be misleading to voters.
Moody and other opponents last month raised a series of objections to the proposals wording, including contending that the word viability can have multiple meanings.
But attorneys for Floridians Protecting Freedom wrote Friday that the meaning of the word viability in the context of abortion has long been understood and that voters can be trusted to know what it would mean to live in a world limiting government interference with abortion before viability.
Lacking colorable legal arguments against the proposed amendments fitness for the ballot, the attorney general argues the term viability has lost its meaning in the abortion context, notwithstanding the countless sources consistently defining it in line with common understanding, the brief said.