Florida’s high court dashed a petition by abortion rights proponents challenging the financial impact statement that will appear on the ballot this November, when voters decide whether to enshrine pregnancy termination rights into the state constitution.
The statement speculates increased public costs for abortion. Ballot groups and abortion rights proponents say state election officials tried to tip the scales against the ballot measure by enacting a statement that says local governments might lose public education funds if abortions decrease childhood populations, among other speculative costs to the state. They can’t challenge that text, the Florida Supreme Court majority said Wednesday, ...