Former President Donald Trump indicated that he expects Florida voters to support a November ballot proposal that would enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution, but he stopped short of revealing how he plans to vote on the issue.
Speaking at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach on Thursday, the Republican presidential nominee said he would hold a future press event to announce his position on the proposal, known as Amendment 4.
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“Florida does have a vote coming up on that, and I think probably the vote will go in a little more liberal way than people thought,” Trump remarked.
The ballot initiative follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that had guaranteed abortion access nationwide for decades.
For the proposed Florida constitutional amendment to pass, it would need to secure 60 percent of the vote.
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A recent poll from the University of North Florida’s Public Opinion Research Lab found that 69 percent of likely voters support the amendment.
The Floridians Protecting Freedom political committee launched the initiative after the Republican-controlled Legislature and Governor Ron DeSantis approved a law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. DeSantis and other GOP leaders in Florida oppose the propo
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