Florida abortion rulings: A win for both sides, but voters have last say with Amendment 4

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : FPR was backed by the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, philanthropists and retirees.
50% : The decision, which enacts a 15-week abortion ban, triggered the Heartbeat Protection Act, a "more stringent" restriction which limits abortion to six weeks.
48% : "Abortion advocates will have to wait until November with six-week ban becoming law in 30 daysBut abortion advocates will have to wait until November to attempt to change the law following the court's other decision that reversed 34 years of court precedent, which had held that a privacy provision in the state constitution protected a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy.
44% : "Based on our analysis finding no clear right to abortion embodied within the (Florida Constitution's) Privacy Clause, Planned Parenthood cannot overcome the presumption of constitutionality and is unable to demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that the 15-week ban is unconstitutional," the opinion says.DeSantis, a legal and social conservative, has appointed five of the seven court justices since taking office in 2019.
37% : With dueling rulings, justices give voters the most power with Amendment 4The justices cleared the way for the Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion to show up on the November ballot, a blow to Attorney General Ashley Moody, who called for justices to throw out the measure because it was confusing to voters, seizing on differing interpretations of what fetal viability means.

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