The Florida Supreme Court approved the language for a ballot measure that would protect abortion access in the state through fetal viability, or more than halfway through a typical pregnancy. If passed, the measure would effectively restore to Floridians protections that were afforded to American women nationwide under the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in June 2022.
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The court also ruled that a privacy provision of the state’s constitution doesn’t protect access to abortion, a decision that appears to clear the way for a state ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect in advance of the November referendum.
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