The Florida dispute is playing out after voters in some other states have backed abortion rights, most recently last week in Ohio. Ballot measures emerged after the U.S. Supreme Court last year struck down the decades-old Roe v. Wade ruling, effectively leaving abortion decisions to states.
If the court allows the wording of the recreational marijuana amendment to stand, it will appear on Florida’s 2024 ballot and need 60% of approval to become law.
Abortion rights supporters in Ohio have filed a lawsuit with the state’s Supreme Court after officials approved new ballot summary language for a proposed amendment that would enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution. The amendment, known as Issue 1, has been spearheaded by abortion rights activists and would establish “the right to reproductive freedom…