Proponents of a ballot measure to ingrain pregnancy termination rights in the Florida Constitution had their legal challenge to the November ballot design tossed by a state court Monday.
The lawsuit challenging an outdated and lengthy state-written fiscal impact statement is moot, the First District Court of Appeal ruled, because a state commission changed the language after a lower court ruling ruled it unlawful. The proponents, demanding a definitive statement on their power to challenge the language, are seeking Florida Supreme Court review.
The decision was a “refusal to answer whether the State has the power to put any ...