MOST ACCURATE FOR 11 YEARS. FLORIDA’S SUPREME COURT RULING THAT WILL TRIGGER A SIX WEEK ABORTION BAN. ONE OF THE STRICTEST IN THE COUNTRY ON MAY 1ST. BUT IT DOESN’T END THERE. VOTERS WILL BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN ON THE ISSUE IN NOVEMBER. LET’S GO ON THE RECORD FROM WPBF 25. THIS IS ON THE RECORD WITH TODD MCDERMOTT AND NATHALIE POZO. GOOD MORNING. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT RULED ON TWO ABORTION RELATED CASES THAT RESHAPE THE LAW IN THIS STATE. IN THE FIRST CASE, THE STATE’S HIGHEST COURT UPHELD THE 2022 LAW THAT BANNED MOST ABORTIONS AFTER 15 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY. THAT DECISION AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGERS A NEWER SIX WEEK BAN, WHICH TAKES EFFECT MAY FIRST. THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS ARE FOR RAPE, INCEST AND WHEN THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER IS IN DANGER AND A LAW SIGNED BY GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS LAST YEAR THEN IN A SEPARATE RULING, THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT REJECTED THE GOVERNOR’S LEGAL CHALLENGE THAT TRIED TO BLOCK A BALLOT INITIATIVE ON PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION WITH A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. IN NOVEMBER, FLORIDA VOTERS WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY ON ABORTION ACCESS IN THIS STATE. WE’RE NOW GOING TO HAVE A BALLOT INITIATIVE WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THIS SORT OF EXTREMISM THAT CONTINUES TO PLAY OUT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID IN APPOINTING THE JUSTICES WHO OVERTURNED ROE V WADE, IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. DON’T LET ANYONE TELL YOU IT WASN’T. FLORIDA HAS BECOME A KEY POINT OF ACCESS FOR ABORTION SERVICES. WHEN THE SIX WEEK BAN TAKES EFFECT NEXT MONTH, NEARLY ALL ABORTIONS WILL STOP IN THE ENTIRE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. A SURVEY BY THE SOCIETY OF FAMILY PLANNING SHOWED. LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 7700 WOMEN FROM OUT OF STATE RECEIVED ABORTIONS. HERE IN FLORIDA. WE BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION THIS MORNING WITH POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR DOCTOR LIZ MARINA GARCIA FROM FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY. ALL RIGHT. LET’S TALK FIRST ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN LESS THAN SEVEN MONTHS. WE HAVE THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT INITIATIVE THAT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT. BUT IT TAKES MORE THAN A SIMPLE MAJORITY. THE THE BAR IS PRETTY HIGH HERE. THAT’S RIGHT. AROUND 60% OF VOTERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN AGREEMENT FOR THIS INITIATIVE TO PASS. WE ARE ONLY ONE OF 11 STATES THAT HAVE TO HAVE THAT SUPERMAJORITY. THE REST OF THE STATES HAVE A SIMPLE MAJORITY. SO IN 2006, THE RULES DID CHANGE FOR FLORIDA. AND SO WE NEED TO SEE A 60% VOTE FOR THIS INITIATIVE. FROM VOTERS IN ORDER TO HAVE IT BE A CONSTITUTIONAL MOMENT. DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF LOBBYING BETWEEN NOW AND THEN? I WOULD ASSUME I WOULD EXPECT SO. I THINK AN INITIATIVE LIKE THIS AND ALL OF THE SALIENCE WITH ABORTION ISSUES THE COUNTRY OVER, I THINK IT MAKES IT SALIENT IN PEOPLE’S MINDS. AND THEY THEY WILL HAVE THAT INTEREST ARTICULATED THROUGH VOTING. ALL RIGHT. NOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT OTHER STATES EARLIER THIS WEEK, ARIZONA BECAME THE LATEST STATE TO APPROVE A VIRTUALLY TOTAL ABORTION BAN WHEN THAT STATE SUPREME COURT ACTUALLY UPHELD THE LEGALITY OF THIS 1864 LAW THAT CRIMINALIZES ABORTION AND THREATENS ABORTION PROVIDERS WITH PRISON TIME, ABORTION WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED IF A WOMAN IS AT RISK OF DYING. NOW, ARIZONA MAY DO WHAT MANY OTHER REPUBLICAN LED STATES HAVE DONE, WHICH IS EVENTUALLY PUT IT BEFORE VOTERS. UH, ARIZONA COULD STILL DO THAT AS WELL. IF YOU PLEASE, CAN YOU BREAK DOWN THIS FLORIDA BALLOT INITIATIVE FOR US? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE CHALLENGE WAS ABOUT THE LANGUAGE. THERE’S SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY ABOUT THE RIGHT TO SEEK AN ABORTION IN THIS STATE. WHAT ABOUT THAT TERMINOLOGY? WHAT DOES IT SAY? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? RIGHT. SO FLORIDA AMENDMENT FOUR IS ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT A WOMAN CAN SEEK AN ABORTION UP TO 24 WEEKS, 24 WEEKS, BEING AROUND THE TIME WHERE A FETUS CAN’T SURVIVE OUTSIDE OF THE WOMB ANYMORE. AND SO A PERSON CAN SEEK OUT THAT ABORTION TO THAT TIME, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS DO ENTER THE PICTURE BECAUSE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, IT IS WITH THEIR REGARD THAT THEY CAN SEEK ABORTIONS IN SPECIAL CASES AS WELL. LET ME UNPACK THAT A LITTLE BIT. I KNOW THAT THE WORD IN THE AMENDMENT IS VIABILITY. THAT’S RIGHT. THAT’S THE 24 WEEK PERIOD. THAT’S RIGHT. SO FETAL VIABILITY IS A 24 WEEK PERIOD. AND SO ESSENTIALLY AN ABORTION CAN BE SOUGHT OUT UP TO THAT 24 WEEK PERIOD WITH THIS CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT. AS FAR AS PARENTAL CONSENT, THAT IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS. NO, IT’S NOT. IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE SOMETHING A DIFFERENT PART OF THE RULES KIND OF ADDRESS THAT. AND SO THAT’S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT’S ALTERED. ALL RIGHT. NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS PROPOSAL IS VOTED ON. LET’S SAY THAT IT ACHIEVES THE 60% LEVEL. WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT POINT. YES. SO IF YOU GET 60% OF VOTERS VOTING YES FOR FLORIDA AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR, WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT NOW IT IS PART OF THE CONSTITUTION. AGAIN, AMENDMENT FOUR IS. AND SO THAT MEANS THAT IT GOES INTO EFFECT. NOW, IF WE DO NOT HAVE THAT 60% THAT IS MET, IT GOES BACK TO A SIX WEEK BAN, WHICH WAS WHAT WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR LAST YEAR. IN APRIL. BUT WHAT WE CAN ALSO SEE, AND I ANTICIPATE IS THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS SUCH STRONG LANGUAGE ON MONDAY FROM THE DECISIONS THAT WERE PASSED DOWN BY THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT, WE MIGHT SEE DIFFERENT MEASURES. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, PERSONHOOD MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT BE EXTENDED TO FETUSES AND THAT MIGHT AFFECT AND MIGHT EVEN FOLLOW THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT IN SAYING THAT IN VITRO FERTILIZATION IS ALSO AN ISSUE. SO PERHAPS PERSONHOOD WOULD BE EXTENDED, ESPECIALLY SEEING THE DECISIONS AND THE LANGUAGE OF THEM FROM THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT. NOW, WE KNOW THAT WE’RE SPECULATING HERE, YOU KNOW, AS JOURNALISTS AND A POLITICAL SCIENTIST HERE WOULD YOU EXPECT THERE WILL BE OTHER PERHAPS LEGAL CHALLENGES IF THIS AMENDMENT TO ENSHRINE ABORTION ACCESS IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE PASSED? WOULD YOU EXPECT STILL MORE LEGAL CHALLENGES TO COME? I BELIEVE SO, SO IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS VERY YEAR, WE HAVE A LOT OF REPEATED ATTEMPTS FROM OTHER STATES, AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT FLORIDA WOULD FOLLOW SUIT. TRYING TO GET MORE SIGNATURES TO MAKE IT INTO A CITIZEN LED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. AND SO I FEEL THAT THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO SEE. THE SALIENCE OF ABORTION IS AT THIS TIME VERY HIGH. AND SO I THINK BECAUSE IT’S SUCH A GALVANIZING ISSUE THAT MOMENTUM WOULD CONTINUE AND WHAT IS THAT DYNAMIC THAT’S HAPPENING? WE SEE TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THESE REPUBLICAN LED STATES PASSING STRICT ABORTION LIMITS. BUT EVEN IN THOSE STATES, IF THIS GETS TO TO THE VOTERS IN A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, YOU’RE SEEING THIS REVERSED, RIGHT? SO IN SOME STATES, WE HAVE SEEN THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2022, WE SAW KENTUCKY AND THREE OTHER STATES THAT MADE IT SO THAT THE THE PARTICULAR MEASURE ON THEIR BALLOT WAS DENIED. AND SO THEREFORE THE BAN WENT INTO EFFECT. BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT EVER SINCE THE DOBBS DECISION WAS MADE, IT REALLY DID COME DOWN TO THE STATE LEVEL. SO WHAT WE SEE NOW ABOUT STATES REALLY GOING ABOUT BALLOT INITIATIVES WAS SOMETHING TO BE EXPECTED. AND SO WE DO SEE A LOT OF DIVISION ON STATES. FOR EXAMPLE, FLORIDA IS NOT ALONE IN NOVEMBER 5TH IN VOTING ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. WE ALSO HAVE MARYLAND IN NEW YORK VOTERS. AND ALONGSIDE THAT, WE HAVE EIGHT STATES, INCLUDING ARIZONA, THAT ARE GOING TO BE TRYING TO COLLECT ENOUGH VALID SIGNATURES TO HAVE IT BE A BALLOT INITIATIVE IN 2022. LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE WERE SIX STATES THAT PUT IT ON THEIR BALLOT IN 2023. WE HAD OHIO THAT PASSED THEIR ABORTION ACCESS. THIS, UH, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IS A MAJOR, MAJOR ISSUE IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR. CORRECT. DOCTOR MARINA GARCIA FROM FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT. WELL, COMING UP, MY CO-ANCHOR, NATALIE POZO HAS MORE ON THE ABORTION DEBATE AND THE OPPOSITION TO THIS AMENDMENT. WHEN CHOOSING BETWEEN STYLE, COMFORT AND PERFORMANCE, WE CHOSE ALL OF THE ABOVE. HOW WE GET THERE MATTERS. GET EXCEPTIONAL OFFERS AT YOUR LOCAL AUDI DEALER. WHEN IT COMES TO UPGRADING TO A BEAUTIFUL COMMERCIAL GRADE FLOOR FROM OX FLOORS, NUMBERS MATTER HOW ABOUT TEN TIMES STRONGER THAN EPOXY? PROFESSIONALLY INSTALLED IN ONE DAY BY A FIVE STAR COMPANY READY TO WALK ON IN THREE HOURS. FINANCING AVAILABLE FROM $59 PER MONTH. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT NUMBER OX FLOORS. PHONE NUMBER 772758 5851. CALL NOW TO GET YOUR FREE ESTIMATE AND 30% OFF. 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ERNIE WAS NAMED 2022 FORBES BEST IN STATE SECURITY PROFESSIONAL. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS IT. DOWNTOWN. WEST PALM BEACH IS THE COUNTY’S WATERFRONT HUB FOR YOU TO EXPLORE YOUR EXPERIENCE, SAVOR, SIP, AND STAY IN A YEAR LONG SUMMERTIME DOWNTOWN WEST PALM BEACH IS YOUR DESTINATION TO PLAY IN THE CENTER OF PARADISE. EXPECTATIONS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT IT’S WHY WE RAISED YOURS. HOW WE GET THERE MATTERS. GET EXCEPTIONAL OFFERS AT YOUR LOCAL AUDI DEALER. WPBF 25 FIRST WARNING WEATHER CERTIFIED. MOST ACCURATE FOR 11 YEARS. YOU’RE WATCHING ON THE RECORD ON WPBF 25. WELCOME BACK. WE ARE CONTINUING OUR CONVERSATION THIS MORNING. JOINING ME NOW IS WILLIE GUARDIOLA WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE LEAGUE. WILLIE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. REALLY QUICK. LET’S FIRST TALK ABOUT YOUR REACTION TO EVERYTHING GOING ON HERE IN OUR STATE. WHEN IT COMES TO ABORTION. WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME ON. THIS IS PHENOMENAL. AND I’VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR SO MANY YEARS THAT THE ABORTION FIGHT IS REALLY GOING TO BE STARTING NOW. ONCE WE REVERSE ROE V WADE BACK IN JUNE, 24TH OF 2022. AND NOW IT’S TAKEN IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL. AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WE’RE GOING TO BAN ABORTION SOMEDAY. YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN TWO YEARS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. BUT I BELIEVE THE SIX WEEK HEARTBEAT BAN IS GOING TO BE IT GOES INTO EFFECT IN EXACTLY A 15 DAYS ON MAY 1ST. AND I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE THE LAW OF THE LAND IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SO NO MATTER WHAT IT THE LEFT IS DOING, NO MATTER WHAT THEY’RE DOING WITH THEIR PETITION, THEIR AMENDMENT, IT’S GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT IN THE FOR THE 2024 ELECTION. BUT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE’RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE THAT GO INTO PLAY HERE. AND I BELIEVE THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, WHICH IS 6 TO 1 CONSERVATIVE, ARE GOING TO RULE IT OUT EVEN THOUGH THEY’RE GOING TO GET 60% OF THE VOTE. AND I DON’T THINK THEY’RE GETTING 60%. SO I WANTED TO ASK YOU NEXT ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE YOU WERE HOPEFUL THAT THIS WAS NEVER EVEN GOING TO MAKE IT ONTO THE BALLOT. YOU THOUGHT THAT THE SUPREME COURT, THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT, WOULD NOT WOULD NOT GO TOWARDS THIS, WOULD SIDE WITH THE GOVERNOR. IT WOULDN’T EVEN BE ON THE BALLOT. BUT HERE WE ARE AND IT IS GOING, GOING ON THE BALLOT. I ACTUALLY SENT AN OPEN LETTER TO ASHLEY MOODY, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. I SAID, ASHLEY, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AMENDMENT ON THE LEFT HERE AND READ THIS THING. THERE’S LIKE FOUR RED FLAGS HERE AND SOMETHING’S GOT TO BE DONE BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST MISLEAD THE VOTERS. SO I POINTED OUT ALL THIS STUFF BACK IN OCTOBER 7TH AND GOT TO HER ATTENTION. SHE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT UP TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT JUSTICES. AND THAT’S WHERE THIS WHOLE THING IS TAKEN. NOW, A FEW MONTHS AGO, I WAS IN TALLAHASSEE FOR THE CATHOLIC DAY AT THE CAPITOL, AND I WAS THERE AT THE RALLY WITH FATHER FRANK PAVONE, MAT STAVER, ETC., AND JUST TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON, THE TEMPERATURE AND EVERYTHING. AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A FEELING THAT THE SUPREME COURT WAS GOING TO MAYBE JUST STAND BACK AND ALLOW THIS BALLOT. UH, YOU KNOW, THE AMENDMENT TO BE ON THE BALLOT. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I FEEL BAD FOR THE LEFT IN THE SENSE THAT I THINK THEY’RE JUST THROWING THEM A BONE. AND I BELIEVE THEY’RE TRYING TO APPEASE EVERYBODY. SO THEY’LL SAY, OKAY, WE HAVE OUR AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT, BUT I STILL DON’T THINK IT’S EVER GOING TO COME INTO PLAY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. IT’S A DILEMMA. I MEAN, FOR ME, IT’S TOUGH BECAUSE I’M THE PRESIDENT OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY, RIGHT TO LIFE LEAGUE. I RUN PRO-LIFERS FOR TRUMP. AND NOW, WITH HIS STATEMENT THAT HE PUT OUT 72 HOURS AGO, AND IT’S KIND OF DIFFICULT BECAUSE I’M ALL ABOUT BANNING ABORTION. I MEAN, THESE ARE HUMAN BEINGS IN THE WOMB. THESE AREN’T, YOU KNOW, GOPHER TORTOISES OR SEA TURTLES OR MANATEES. THESE ARE HUMAN BEINGS. SO IT’S DIFFICULT FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SUCH A STAUNCH, YOU KNOW, JUST A PRO-LIFE FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE. AND NOW IT’S LIKE, OKAY, DO WE GO THIS WAY? DO WE GO THAT WAY? WE HAVE TO WIN THIS ELECTION. AND THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE. BECAUSE IF WE DON’T WIN ON NOVEMBER 5TH, ALL THIS STUFF WE COULD JUST THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW. SO NOW I’M NOT GOING TO COMPROMISE MY INTEGRITY AND MY PRINCIPLES BECAUSE I’M STILL GOING TO TRY TO PROTECT EVERY SINGLE BABY. BUT IT’S LIKE, OKAY, WELL, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID IT’S UP TO THE STATES AND IT’S THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. LIKE HE SAID, THREE TIMES. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO WIN THIS ELECTION? WE NEED TO WIN THIS ELECTION IN ORDER FOR US TO BE EFFECTIVE. ONCE HE’S IN THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN AND THEN PUT IN ALL THE ABORTION BANS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, ETC. WILLIE, YOU BROUGHT UP THE FORMER PRESIDENT. HE DID BRING UP ARIZONA’S NEAR TOTAL BAN OF ABORTION AND HE SAYS THAT HE THINKS THAT LAW IS GOING TOO FAR AND THAT LAW MAKERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE IT. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? I MEAN, LOOK WHAT HE DID, WHAT HE SAID SIX MONTHS AGO. YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SIX WEEK HEARTBEAT, YOU KNOW, CAME INTO PLAY HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITH GOVERNOR DESANTIS. AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS TOO HARSH. HE USED THE WORD HARSH. SO IT’S LIKE, OKAY, WELL, HE’S THE MOST PRO-LIFE PRESIDENT WE’VE EVER HAD. THAT’S WHY I VOTED FOR HIM. THAT’S WHY I STARTED PRO-LIFERS FOR TRUMP. BUT IT’S DIFFICULT NOW WHERE HE’S KIND OF TAKING A STEP BACK. AND THE EVANGELICALS, THE PRO-LIFERS, PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF, ARE SAYING, OKAY, WELL, HOLD ON A SECOND. IS PRESIDENT TRUMP REALLY THAT PRO-LIFE? SO HE’S TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, APPEASE EVERYBODY. HE TRYING TO GET ALL THE VOTES WHEN THIS ELECTION. AND I’M PRAYING TO GOD THAT WHEN HE DOES TAKE OFFICE IN JANUARY 2025, HE’S GOING TO PUT ALL THESE ABORTION BANS INTO PLAY AND NATIONAL BAN ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ALLOW OUR PEOPLE THE PRO LIFE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO DO OUR JOBS AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL THESE ABORTION CLINICS ARE CLOSED. WILLIE, BEFORE WE WRAP UP THIS MORNING, THIS IS A DEBATE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. DO YOU THINK THAT THE FIGHT WILL EVER END FOR EITHER SIDE? IT’S GOING TO GO ON FOREVER. I MEAN, I’M 66 YEARS OLD AND YOU KNOW, THIS THIS IS GOING TO GO ON FOR SO MANY YEARS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK, WHEN ROE V WADE, YOU KNOW, CAME INTO PLAY JANUARY 22ND, 1973, IT’S BEEN 51.5 YEARS. AND NOW IT’S JUST REALLY GETTING STARTED. SO I JUST I MEAN, IN LOOKING AT THE FUTURE HERE, I’M WORRIED AND JUST FOCUSED ON THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THAT’S WHAT I’M DOING. PALM BEACH COUNTY AGAIN, AN ONGOING DEBATE HERE. WILLIE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. 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THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON. ALL RIGHT, CARA, WHAT’S IT LIKE BEING THE FASTEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD? ME? I’M NOT, BUT YOU WORK AT EYEGLASS WORLD. YOU MAKE PEOPLE’S GLASSES THE SAME DAY. YOU’RE SO FAST. ARE YOU MESSING WITH ME? DO YOU GET A LOT OF SPEEDING TICKETS? I GET TWO PAIRS OF GLASSES FOR $89. THE SAME DAY AT EYEGLASS WORLD, THE WORLD’S BEST WAY TO BUY GLASSES. WELCOME BACK. JOINING ME NOW TO GO ON THE RECORD IS LAURA GOODHUE WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LET’S FIRST ESTABLISH WISH PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S POSITION ON WHY ABORTION RIGHTS SHOULD BE ENSHRINED IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION. SURE. SO THE AMENDMENT THAT THE VOTERS WILL BE VOTING ON IN NOVEMBER ACTUALLY WOULD PROHIBIT THE THE GOVERNMENT, THE STATE GOVERNMENT FROM PASSING LAWS THAT INTERFERE WITH ABORTION. SO NOT NECESSARILY ENSHRINING THE RIGHT, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN REASONABLE REGULATIONS. IT SIMPLY SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CHOICE AROUND ABORTION SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE PATIENT AND THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. I WANT TO JUMP AHEAD BECAUSE OF THAT. SOMETHING YOU SAID ABOUT REGULATIONS. THERE THERE IS. LET’S CLARIFY THE CURRENT LAW IN FLORIDA. ELSEWHERE, THERE CLAIMS MADE IN THE POLITICAL WORLD THAT THERE ARE WOMEN GETTING ABORTIONS RIGHT UP UNTIL THE TIME OF BIRTH. TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE UNITED STATES? THESE ARE PURELY SCARE TACTICS. I MEAN, THE STATISTICS SHOW THAT LESS THAN 1% OF ABORTIONS ARE AFTER VIABILITY, AND THOSE ARE ONLY IN THE CASE WHEN THERE IS JUST THE THE HEALTH OF THE MOTHER IS IN DANGER, YOU KNOW, AND AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE VERY WANTED PREGNANCIES AND SOMETHING’S GOING HORRIBLY WRONG. AND WE SHOULDN’T BE MAKING VILLAINS OUT OF WOMEN WHO NEED TO SEEK THAT CARE. YOU KNOW, WE’VE SEEN PEOPLE LIKE IN TEXAS, THE WOMAN WHO HAD A MISCARRIAGE AND, YOU KNOW, TWICE WAS DENIED UH, YOU KNOW, THE NECESSARY, MEDICALLY NECESSARY ABORTION. AND SHE WAS PUT ON LIFE SUPPORT. WE’VE SEEN HORRIBLE CASES LIKE THAT IN FLORIDA AS WELL. I HEARD THAT KEY WORD VIABILITY, WHICH IS PART OF THE WORDING OF THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT THAT VOTERS WILL DECIDE ON NOVEMBER 5TH. UM, TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE WORDING OF THE AMENDMENT. AS FAR AS THE WAY PLANNED PARENTHOOD SEES IT. SO VIABILITY SIMPLY MEANS BEFORE THAT A FETUS IS VIABLE, BEFORE IT CAN SURVIVE OUTSIDE THE WOMB. BY STANDARD MEDICAL MEASURE, IT’S VERY COMMON. YOU KNOW, IN MEDICAL TERMS, IT’S ALSO THE STANDARD BEFORE ROE V WADE. AND SO IT’S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE USED TO INSTEAD OF LEGISLATORS AND POLITICIANS PASSING ARBITRARY LAWS. AROUND 16 OR 6 WEEKS OR 15 WEEKS. WE’RE SIMPLY SAYING THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULDN’T INTERFERE IN THESE DECISIONS BEFORE VIABILITY. SO BEFORE PREGNANCY CAN SURVIVE OUTSIDE OF THE WOMB, UNLESS YOU KNOW THE HEALTH CARE OF THE WOMAN IS IN DANGER, ACCORDING TO HER HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. THERE’S A LONG WAY TO GO TO NOVEMBER, BUT LET’S TALK ABOUT THE THE SIX WEEK BAN THAT WILL BECOME FLORIDA LAW ON MAY 1ST. CAN YOU GIVE PEOPLE A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT THAT CHANGE FROM A 15 WEEK BAN, WHICH WAS CHALLENGED AND WAS UPHELD? NOW WE GET THE SIX WEEK BAN. WHAT THE IMPACT IS ON WOMEN AND ON THE HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. YES, THERE’S GOING TO BE A HUGE IMPACT. AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW WHO HAVE BEEN PREGNANT OR KNOW SOMEONE THAT’S BEEN PREGNANT, THAT SIX WEEKS IS JUST IT’S REALLY BEFORE MANY WOMEN EVEN KNOW THAT THEY’RE PREGNANT. I MEAN, IF YOU CALL YOUR DOCTOR AND YOU SAY, OH, I THINK I MIGHT BE PREGNANT AND YOU’RE TRYING TO GET PREGNANT, THEY’LL OFTEN SAY, COME IN. YOU KNOW, IN ANOTHER MONTH, YOUR SECOND MISSED PERIOD. BUT LOOK, IF YOUR BIRTH CONTROL FAILS OR, OR, YOU KNOW, GOD FORBID, YOU’RE A VICTIM OF RAPE OR INCEST, SIX WEEKS SIMPLY ISN’T ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS FOR YOURSELF. AND THAT’S WHY WE’RE SIMPLY SAYING THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE INTERFERING IN OUR HEALTH CARE. IT’S JUST IT’S TOO DANGEROUS, AND THE IMPACT WILL JUST BE BROAD SWEEPING ACROSS THIS STATE. WHEN THIS GOES INTO EFFECT IN LESS THAN THREE WEEKS, WE HAD OUR FIRST POLL IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AGAIN, NOT A GIANT SAMPLE, AND WE ARE MONTHS AWAY, BUT THAT POLL SHOWED THAT THEY’RE GETTING TO THE 60% THRESHOLD THAT YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY APPROVE. A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WILL BE A CHALLENGE FOR THOSE WHO SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. IT SHOWED THAT SOME SOMEWHERE IN THE 50% RANGE, YOU NEED TO GET TO 60 A LOT OF UNDECIDEDS. SO WHEN YOU SEE A POLL LIKE THAT, THIS FAR OUT, AGAIN, GRANTED FROM AN ELECTION WHEN YOU’RE AN ADVOCATE FOR THIS CHANGE IN THE LAW IN FLORIDA, HOW DO YOU REACT TO SEEING A POLL THAT SAYS YOU HAVE A HILL TO CLIMB HERE? IT’S PART OF THE PROCESS. WE’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT POLLS, OUR OWN POLLING IS SHOWING THAT OVER 70% OF FLORIDIANS, YOU KNOW, DO NOT WANT GOVERNMENT INTERFERING IN THESE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS. AND WE’VE SEEN IN OTHER STATES THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PASS THESE INITIATIVES JUST JUST THIS WEEK WAS IT YESTERDAY ARIZONA PASSED A LAW BANNING ALL ABORTION FROM THE CIVIL WAR ERA FROM 1860S. WE KNOW THAT THE MORE THAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THESE TYPES OF BANS AND THIS TYPE OF UNNECESSARY GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE, THE MORE POPULAR IT WILL BE TO SAY NO. AND TO STOP GOVERNMENT FROM FROM PLAYING POLITICS WITH OUR LIVES. IF THIS AMENDMENT PASSES, DO YOU BELIEVE THIS WILL BECOME SETTLED LAW IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, OR WILL WE SEE MORE LITIGATION. DOWN THE LINE DESPITE WHAT THE VOTERS DECIDE, PUTTING SOMETHING IN THE CONSTITUTION IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND WE HAVE A PATHWAY. WE HAVE DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WHICH IS REALLY WONDERFUL. YOU KNOW, OUR CITIZENS GET TO PETITION THEIR GOVERNMENT DIRECTLY WHEN THEY’VE OVERREACHED. AND THIS IS A CLEAR OVERREACH. I MEAN, A SIX WEEK BAN BEFORE MOST WOMEN EVEN KNOW THEY’RE PREGNANT. 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