I’m voting Yes on Amendment 4 and want to share why. Floridians deserve to know what’s at stake. Florida’s current abortion law is extreme. It is a six-week abortion ban, which is before most women learn they are pregnant. The result is effectively a total abortion ban.
This extreme ban has no real exceptions for rape, incest or protecting the heath or life of the pregnant woman. It puts pregnant women’s lives at risk.
My vote YES on 4 is a vote to protect the freedom of women to keep private reproductive healthcare decisions between themselves and their doctor, without interference from politicians. My vote YES on 4 is a vote to protect the ability of medical professionals to provide reproductive healthcare that saves women’s lives in emergency situations and not risk the loss of their license or potential jail time.
My vote YES on 4 is a vote to prevent politicians from forcing women to carry to term the result of a rape or incest. My vote YES on 4 is a vote to return women’s fundamental freedom to make private reproductive medical decisions about their own bodies.
Florida’s abortion ban is too extreme.
Vote Yes on Amendment 4.
Holly Kennedy
Lakewood Ranch
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nellmcphillips
I suggest folks look at the Florida State statute that states:
“(d) The pregnancy is the result of ****, incest, or human trafficking and the gestational age of the fetus is not more than 15 weeks as determined by the physician. At the time the woman schedules or arrives for her appointment to obtain the abortion, she must provide a copy of a restraining order, police report, medical record, or other court order or documentation providing evidence that she is obtaining the termination of pregnancy because she is a victim of ****, incest, or human trafficking. If the woman is 18 years of age or older, the physician must report any known or suspected human trafficking to a local law enforcement agency. If the woman is a minor, the physician must report the incident of ****, incest, or human trafficking to the central abuse hotline as required by s. 39.201.”
You can find the statute at. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0300-0399/0390/Sections/0390.0111.html
Sunday, September 22, 2024 Report this
CTBradenton
Issued from the Florida Department of Health:
Notice to Health Care Providers Regarding Misinformation About Abortions in Florida
This Provider Alert is being issued to address misinformation currently being spread concerning Florida’s abortion laws. The law is clear: abortion is permissible at any stage of pregnancy in Florida to save the life and health of the mother. ******** is also available when the pregnancy results from ****, incest, or human trafficking, or has a fatal fetal abnormality.
Section 390.0111(1), Florida Statutes, currently lists express exceptions that allow for an abortion at any point in pregnancy to save the pregnant woman’s life or avert a serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. These exceptions allow treatment, including abortions, for women who experience premature rupture of membranes (PROM), ectopic, or molar pregnancies, and as such, physicians in Florida are expected to follow standards of care regarding the most appropriate course of action in these situations. Exceptions also exist up to 15 weeks for pregnancies resulting from ****, incest, or human trafficking.
Health care facilities and providers must be aware that a physician providing life-saving treatment for pregnant women does not violate Florida law and that failure to do so may constitute malpractice. Additionally, a miscarriage is not an abortion. Section 390.011(1), Florida Statutes, defines “abortion” to mean the termination of human pregnancy with an intention other than to produce a live birth or to remove a dead fetus. A miscarriage does not produce a live birth.
Providers are reminded that Florida requires life-saving medical care to a mother without delay when necessary, and the Florida Department of Health and the Agency for Health Care Administration will take regulatory action when a provider fails to follow this standard of care.
See this video for more. This extreme bill will remove protections for CHILDREN and women.
https://youtu.be/V0oTRGxTXt4
Please read the actual legislation found here:
Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine (state.fl.us)
Sunday, September 22, 2024 Report this
CTBradenton
Florida physicians also say NO to Amendment 4:
https://health.wusf.usf.edu/health-news-florida/2024-09-13/a-florida-physicians-group-comes-out-against-the-abortion-ballot-initiative
Sunday, September 22, 2024 Report this
N_Alice_Newlon
There is in Florida law an expection for ****, incest and human trafficing up to 15 weeks. The trouble is the application. You must jump through hoops and there are reports of law enforcement and doctors being unclear, doctors only getting a report number or the person who has been raped having trouble even finding a doctor willing to handle the exceptions. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/27/abortion-exceptions-doctor-shortage-00042373
Women should be under the care of licensed, qualified medical professionals close to home for their health care. We also understand from several reports that if abortion is illegal, doctors will delay treatment due to fear of prosecution or because the case does not fit neatly in the abortion exceptions allowed by the state. Women will always find a way to get an abortion, even if it is somewhere far away. Sadly, the tragedies like the two women who died in Georgia, which was preventable, will continue until patients and their doctors are given the freedom to make very personal medical decisions that meet the patient's unique situation and without the interference of politicians.
Sunday, September 22, 2024 Report this
nhughes
Doctors should not fear prosecution for treating the patients in front of them. They should be able to provide the best medical care for a patient's unique, individual situation and care that reflects their full range of training, experience, and knowledge. This is why Delayed and Denied: How Florida’s Six-Week ******** Ban Criminalizes Medical Care. Read the words of practicing physicians in Florida: https://phr.org/our-work/resources/delayed-and-denied-floridas-six-week-abortion-ban/
Sunday, September 22, 2024 Report this