Would you let your ear, nose, and throat (ENT) doctor perform open heart surgery? Of course not! By that reasoning, only OBGYNs should perform gynecological surgeries, and only in state certified surgical centers.

But abortion proponents don't want ANY restrictions on abortion at all — not on who performs the abortions, where the abortions are performed, or at what stage of life those abortions can take place.

Planned Parenthood has joined with the ACLU to create a deceptively worded ballot initiative designed to mislead Florida voters into making unfettered, unrestricted abortion up until birth — even long banned partial birth abortions — a Florida constitutional "right."

Liberty Counsel is fighting this destructive ballot initiative attempt at the Florida Supreme Court. Read on to learn why. – Mat

Throughout this year, Planned Parenthood and the ACLU have gathered signatures for a deceptive ballot initiative designed to not only overturn Florida's current ban on abortions after 15 weeks, but also to eliminate ANY governmental oversight of abortion at all.

Floridians Protecting Freedom, Inc. (FPFI), the group Planned Parenthood and the ACLU created to push their pro-abortion ballot initiative, says its proposed amendment would not change the state's existing 15-week abortion ban, but that's a blatant lie.

In fact, the amendment, as written, would END anything that could be conceived as government oversight of abortions. That includes who can perform an abortion, when and where.

This week, Liberty Counsel filed our final brief urging the Florida Supreme Court to reject this deceptive amendment.

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Because the amendment is worded to prevent any government "interference" with abortion, the Florida legislature would be prevented from prohibiting any kind of abortion through legislation. The Florida executive branch would be prevented from enforcing even health and safety regulations, and the Florida judiciary would be prevented from delaying, or restricting, any illegal or unconstitutional abortion-related conduct.

Further, state authorities would not be able to regulate what kind of doctor could perform an abortion. Under the proposed amendment, any "healthcare" provider could slaughter helpless children. NO medical degree or certificate is required. And there would be nothing the state could do to stop this butchery.

By the same measure, this language could also be used to prevent state authorities from inspecting and regulating abortion clinics with the same high standards applied to other surgical centers. At one time, Florida's veterinarian clinics had more regulations than an abortion clinic. This ballot initiative would bring us right back to those dark days, endangering the lives of women already in crisis.

Also, the summary language that will be presented on the ballot claims that this measure will not overturn parental notification laws. However, that's a lie because a parental notice law could "delay" an abortion.

Planned Parenthood is lying again – not just to protect their 1.8 billion dollar per year baby killing business, but also to prevent parents from saving the lives of their unborn grandchildren from death, or their daughters from a decision that will end in the death of their child, heartbreak, and shame.

But it gets worse. As written, the proposed amendment would defy federal law to make the long-banned and gruesome partial birth abortions legal in Florida. If adopted, the proposed amendment would place Florida in conflict with the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. This conflict with the federal law alone disqualifies the proposed amendment.

This ballot initiative purposefully misleads voters and hides the true purpose behind the amendment, which is to enshrine a right to abortion in Florida for any reason, at any stage of the pregnancy ... all so that Planned Parenthood can continue pocketing billions of blood-soaked dollars.

Please pray for our case to stop the baby killers. This deceitful amendment must be rejected.

Liberty Counsel has filed with the Florida Supreme Court on behalf of Florida Voters Against Extremism (FLVAE), urging the Court to not approve the wording of the proposed amendment that would codify unrestricted abortion up to birth with no regulation.

No voter should be tricked into building Planned Parenthood's abortion business.

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Mat Staver
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

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P.S. In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Congress needs to hear from you regarding HR 15 — a bill that would federally overturn the 2003 partial birth abortion ban and enshrine abortion up until birth as a federally protected "right." Fax Congress NOW to protect Americans from HR 15, the misnamed "Equality Act," and don’t forget to sign the petition!

Sources:

"FL Supreme Court Asked to Reject Deceptive and Misleading Abortion Amendment." Liberty Counsel, October 31, 2023. https://lc.org/newsroom/details/103123-fl-supreme-court-asked-to-reject-deceptive-and-misleading-abortion-amendment.

H.R. 15. Equality Act. (2023, June). 118th Congress (2023-2024 Session). Congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/15.