#amendment 4

Democrats in FL are trying to pass Amendment 4 which would allow minors to get an abortion without parental consent, allow non-doctors to perform abortions, allow abortion up until birth, and would open the door for taxpayers to fund elective abortions.

Daddy, Why Did You Kill Me?

In the dark of night, I begged for a chance,

A fragile girl, caught in a cruel dance.

Hope flickered softly, but where did it go?

Your choice loomed large, and I felt the blow.

You made your mark, thought it was right,

Chasing a dream, but I lost my fight.

In that moment, my future slipped away,

Your vote felt heavy, like night turned to gray.

I cried out for help, just wanted to be free,

But the rules you backed, they turned on me.

A whisper of fear, a pain so deep,

My world fell apart, promises to keep.

Daddy, can’t you see the tears in my eyes?

Did the news drown out my silent cries?

Your own flesh and blood, left to face the night,

While you walked away, I lost my light.

In my darkest moments, I searched for a way,

But choices were taken, hope led astray.

I needed your strength, but you left me alone,

Now I’m just a memory, a heart made of stone.

Drifting through echoes of what could have been,

A daughter, a dreamer, lost in the din.

So, daddy, I ask, with this ache in my chest,

Why did you kill me? Was this your best?

In the shadow of your choice, I whisper your name,

For the life that was stolen, the unending shame.

In every heartbeat, in each tear I shed,

For those that don’t know, Amendment four in Florida would ban abortion before most women even know they are pregnant. This was a bit of a rushed drawing, but please, if you live in Florida and can vote, vote YES on four, and if you can’t vote or don’t live in Florida, then share this!

I just love how they're trying to fear monger people into voting against Amendment 4 in Florida. The amendment: “No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider." (Viability means the stage of fetal development when the life of a fetus is sustainable outside the womb)

The amendment will also allow minors to get an abortion without parental consent, but will uphold the law that parents must still be notified prior. Which would allow time for parents to intervene anyways.

This anti-amendment 4 ad I just saw, had this lady posing to be a mother, saying that the amendment goes against "parental rights". Way to tell people that you're a bad parent by saying:

Forcing your kid to undergo physical and mental trauma is a parental right, and

Your kids don't trust you enough to talk to you about it because you’re not a safe person to have this discussion with

Listen parents, if you actually respect your kids, you wouldn't have to worry about them getting an abortion behind your back. They'll willingly come to you first. Abortion is not some fun adventure; your kids will need emotional support and guidance through the process.

If you force your kid to carry a pregnancy to term because you want your kid to “learn a lesson", guess what, the fear, guilt, and shame of getting pregnant as a minor is enough punishment as it is. Being SA by a family member/friend/stranger is enough punishment as it is. You willing to put your kid in danger for the sake of teaching them a lesson is sick. Your job as a parent is to keep them safe, help them thrive, and raise them into responsible adults who can make their own decisions safely.

Putting them in more danger for the sake of your own feelings because you believe abortion is wrong, holds them back and makes things worse for their future. Safety > punishment. If you can't understand that, you already failed.

Be the parent they can have a safe discussion with.

Pregnancy and giving birth, are life-altering situations which in most cases have permanent consequences on adults (e.g., bodily changes/dysfunction, death, inability to have more children, heart conditions, diabetes, depression). Outcomes are worse for kids.

Pregnancy can be beautiful but also dangerous at the same time. People need to stop romanticizing pregnancy and recognize we are anatomically poorly designed for it, hence why so many people have died from it throughout history. Why so many still get C-sections when the default method fails. Hence why many are bleeding out in parking lots with their miscarriages when they don't get the care they need.

Right now, Florida has a 6-week abortion ban with few exceptions. On election day 6 million Floridians voted to enshrine abortion rights with no limits into our state constitution. It needed 60% of the vote to pass. We got 57%.

Most other states with abortion on the ticket passed some form of abortion access. Florida and South Dakota did not.

As a Floridian, I am asking for our nation to stand behind us and support our citizens. Here are some organizations which help Floridians access healthcare.

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-southwest-central-florida

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-south-east-north-florida

Please consider donating to one or all of these programs to help Floridians access reproductive healthcare.

And consider rocking one of these sweet shirts:

Bad news and good news out of Ron DeSantis's Florida.

The Florida Supreme Court will allow a new 6-week abortion ban to take effect in May. BUT the court also approved a ballot initiative for November which would restore reproductive freedom in the state.

Floridians will be able to vote on abortion protections this fall, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Monday—a win celebrated by the state’s Democrats despite the court, in a separate case, also paving the way for a law to take effect that will ban all abortions after six weeks. That six-week abortion ban, passed by Florida’s Republican-majority legislature and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last year, will go into effect on May 1. That measure can be undone by voters come November, however. The court’s decision is expected to reverberate across Florida and the southeast. A privacy protection clause in the Florida constitution had allowed the Sunshine State to enjoy abortion access up to 15 weeks despite DeSantis being at the helm—access that women relied upon in nearby states like Alabama and Mississippi, where abortion is outright banned, and in Georgia and South Carolina, which have laws similar to Florida’s soon-to-be-active six-week ban.

DeSantis appointed most of the Florida Supreme Court justices. Another reason why we should pay more attention to state government – regardless of state.

Florida’s Supreme Court, which had five of its seven justices appointed by DeSantis, ruled in favor of the state on Monday, 6-1. Now, Florida women will often be barred from having an abortion before many realize they’re even pregnant.

The court approval of the upcoming referendum, actually a Florida constitution amendment called Amendment 4 on the 2024 ballot, was narrow.

That amendment, if it received at least 60 percent of votes in favor of it, would significantly protect abortion access in Florida. Its text reads, in part, that “no law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before fetal viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider.” Viability is estimated to be around six months of pregnancy. The Florida Supreme Court voted 4-3 in favor of approving the amendment to reach the ballot—a tight victory for abortion advocates like Planned Parenthood, which has championed the proposed amendment.

60% is a relatively high bar. But Kansas, arguably more conservative than Florida, had an abortion referendum in 2022 in which the reproductive freedom side got 59.16% of the vote; the Kansas election required just a simple majority but the final result exceeded that by almost 10%.

The necessary 60% for the Florida reproductive freedom amendment required in Florida won't be a cake walk but it is quite doable.

As many as 11 states could have reproductive freedom on the ballot as referendums this year.

Where abortion rights could be on the ballot this fall