Amendment 4
The purpose of Amendment 4
What is limiting government interference/restoring the right to abortion access?
The time the current abortion ban is effective
What is 6 weeks?
What landmark Supreme Court case, decided in 1973, legalized abortion nationwide?
What is Roe v. Wade?
This Florida-based reproductive health organization has been a key player in challenging restrictive abortion laws in the state.
What is Planned Parenthood of Florida?
This governor signed Florida's 2022 15-week abortion ban into law.
Who is Ron DeSantis?
60%
What is the amount of votes needed to pass?
Florida abortion law makes exceptions for cases involving this type of crime, but only up to 15 weeks.
What is rape, incest or human trafficking?
Following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, which governing bodies gained increased power to regulate abortion laws?
What are state legislatures?
Under Florida law, this is the method most often required to confirm pregnancy duration before proceeding with an abortion.
What is an ultrasound?
In the 1990s, Florida allowed abortions to be performed up to this week of pregnancy under most circumstances.
What is 24 weeks?
Who determines whether an abortion is necessary to protect a patient's health?
What is the patient's healthcare provider?
What requirement exist in Florida that requires patients to wait before proceeding with an abortion?
What are mandatory waiting periods/48 hours?
What movement, which gained momentum in the late 20th century, advocates for the restriction or prohibition of abortion?
What is the pro-life movement?
In cases of rape or incest, Florida’s 2023 six-week abortion law requires this documentation for the abortion to be legally performed.
What is a police report or restraining order?
This year, Florida first enacted a law requiring parental consent for minors seeking abortions.
What is 1989?
What is prohibited by this amendment regarding abortion access before viability?
What are actions such as prohibition, penalization, delay, or restriction?
What requirement must patients fulfill, including receiving specific information, before an abortion in Florida?
What is informed consent?
Abortion was initially legal under common law until this stage of pregnancy, when the fetus’s movement could be felt by the mother.
What is quickening?
Florida’s abortion laws began to tighten after the 2004 passage of this amendment, allowing parental notification laws for minors.
What is Amendment 1?
In 1972, Florida voters rejected this proposal, which would have included an explicit right to privacy in the state constitution.
What is the Right to Privacy Amendment?
What legislative power is retained despite this amendment?
What is the constitutional authority of the Legislature to require parental notification for minors seeking an abortion?
What is the requirement for minors seeking an abortion to inform a parent or guardian?
What is parental notification?
In 2020, this state's attempt to limit abortion access through a law banning nearly all abortions was struck down by voters.
What is Louisiana?
Prior to the recent laws, Florida's abortion regulations were governed by this standard, which allowed access up to fetal viability.
What is the viability standard?
The 6-week ban in Florida is expected to reduce abortion access for women from this neighboring region, where restrictions are already strict.
What is the Southeastern United States?