Demonstrators march in the rain during an abortion rights rally in downtown Orlando, Fla., on June 27, 2022. - Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/TNS
ORLANDO — Floridians are signing petitions to put abortion rights to a vote of the people next fall, but they could meet an insurmountable setback from the state’s conservative Supreme Court. The high court must approve the ballot initiative’s language, and if it doesn’t, the amendment won’t be on the 2024 ballot. The amendment’s backers also still need to gather more than 400,000 signatures to get on the ballot, counter an anti-abortion ad campaign already taking shape and win at least 60% of the vote to secure passage. Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody is fighting to keep the measure ...
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