What Is Amendment 4?
IT’S SIMPLE: IT STOPS FLORIDA’S EXTREME ABORTION BAN.
Anything else on the ballot is NOT part of our amendment. It’s the state’s misleading Financial Impact Statement.
VOTE YES ON 4
Keep Government Out of Our Healthcare Decisions
Does this initiative undo parental consent?
No. What this Amendment WILL do is end Florida’s extreme abortion ban.
We agree strongly that parents should have the right to advocate for their child’s health, safety, and well-being. And the voters have already spoken on that subject. As it says in the Amendment itself, it does not change.
Does this initiative provide taxpayer funding for abortion?
No. It ends Florida’s extreme abortion ban.
Does this initiative allow people who aren't doctors to provide an abortion?
No. It ends Florida’s extreme abortion ban.
Healthcare Providers must be licensed to provide healthcare: ‘Healthcare provider’ is used throughout Florida law. They are regulated by the state and must follow medical ethics and the standards of practice or risk losing their licenses. Healthcare providers must be licensed and qualified to provide the particular healthcare at issue. Nothing in Amendment 4 changes that.
You don’t go to your dentist for heart surgery, and no one would go to a massage therapist for an abortion. Healthcare providers are all bound by their scope of practice, standards of care, and ethics. Many doctors, like ophthalmologists for example, are not qualified to administer abortion care. These ridiculous, false claims are only meant to scare and confuse voters.
Does this initiative allow elective abortion up until nine months, or abortion after birth?
No. Abortions this far into a pregnancy are extremely rare and are the result of a fetal abnormality or serious risk to the health of the mother. Deborah Dobert’s story is a tragic example of what happens when this care is banned.
Abortion after birth is not abortion. It’s murder, which is a felony. Amendment 4 does not change that.
What does viability mean?
Viability is defined in Florida law as “the stage of fetal development when the life of a fetus is sustainable outside the womb through standard medical measures.” 390.011(15) Every pregnancy is different and so is the exact determination of viability. A hard cutoff is politicians making a decision that should be made by a doctor, and is harmful to women.
Is the Financial Impact Statement (the paragraph under our language on the ballot) part of Amendment 4?
No. Every amendment must have this statement. However, the state of Florida weaponized this process to add deceptive and confusing language to the ballot.
The Financial Impact Estimating Conference (FIEC) has a constitutional duty to provide a statement to the public regarding the probable financial impact of the amendment (Art. XI s. 5(c)). The FIEC must complete an analysis and financial impact statement to be placed on the ballot of the estimated increase or decrease in any revenues or costs to state or local governments and the overall impact to the state budget resulting from the proposed initiative. (Fla. Stat. s. 100.371(13)). The analysis cannot be speculative, must be neutral, and should only include direct costs.
However, the state of Florida weaponized a neutral democratic process and is using taxpayer dollars to deceive voters. A circuit court had correctly found the initial financial impact statement from 2023 to be legally defective and ordered a revision according to statutory requirements. Instead of complying, the Conference went beyond its authority by producing a new, rewritten financial impact statement, that is confusing and misleading. The results of the FIS is yet another example of political interference that seeks to rig the system to the detriment of everyday Floridians.
Now its up to us to educate every voter in Florida about Amendment 4 and counter the state’s efforts to mislead voters with its Financial Impact Statement. It’s ‘Yes’ on 4 no matter what!