Amendment 4 is an abortion rights question. It would remove the government's ability to block or delay the decision to end a pregnancy before the fetus is "viable" and/or to protect the life of the mother.
More than a million voters signed petitions to get Amendment 4 on the ballot after Florida lawmakers moved to restrict abortion in Florida, first to 15 weeks, and currently to six weeks.
Amendment 4 ensures that terminating a pregnancy before viability is legal healthcare.
What does viability mean? Technically, it means "able to survive," and in this context, the ability for a fetus to survive outside the womb.
Legal abortion until viability was Florida's long-standing law prior to recent restrictions, and is recognized by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists as an individual determination, around the 24th week.
