Citing First Amendment rights, the campaign seeks to prevent the state from continuing to “coerce, threaten, or intimate” repercussions to broadcasters airing the ads.
A letter from the Florida Department of Health threatened a Tampa TV station with a lawsuit if it fails to remove an ad promoting the pro-choice amendment on the November ballot.
"We cannot take freedom for granted," say Florida House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell and CEO of NewDEAL Debbie Cox Bultan, as they advocate for Floridians' freedom through democracy.
After Floridians Protecting Freedoms successfully placed Amendment 4 on the ballot, the DeSantis administration launched its own campaign to derail the initiative at what critics say is a steep cost to taxpayers.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody argued that she and Gov. Ron DeSantis are exempt from a state law prohibiting officials from using their authority to interfere with an election, and have a right to use their power to try and defeat Amendment 4.
The state's 6-week abortion ban that went into effect in May endangers women with at-risk pregnancies and puts medical practitioners in an 'extremely' difficult position, a Florida doctor says.
As former President Donald Trump keeps discussing possible replacements for the Affordable Care Act, a Florida patients' advocate warns that this could be disastrous for healthcare across the state.
Advocates of the citizen-led initiative are calling out the Republican-led government's effort to attack Amendment 4 as yet another example of the state's attempts to mislead voters.
The 6-week abortion ban that went into effect in Florida in May has endangered women with at-risk pregnancies or health issues. And no one is more impacted than Latinas, pro-choice advocates say.
Walz's accomplishments, such as passing a paid family and medical leave program and making abortion a fundamental right under Minnesota law, are in stark contrast to what Gov. Ron DeSantis has done in Florida.
