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In a significant pro-life victory in the Florida 2024 election, voters defeated Amendment 4, which would have permitted abortion up to birth under specific circumstances. With 89% of the vote tabulated, Amendment 4 failed to secure the 60% needed to pass, getting just 57% of the vote. The amendment faced strong opposition from pro-life groups, religious organizations, and a broad coalition of voters concerned about the potential expansion of late-term abortions. “The demise of pro-abortion Amendment 4 is a momentous victory for life in Florida and for our entire country,” said SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser. “Thanks to Gov....

CV NEWS FEED // A poll of early voters in Florida shows that the state’s abortion amendment is just short of passing, with less than 58% of early voters supporting it. The measure needs 60% of the votes to pass. Florida Politics reports that a poll from St. Pete Polls shows that 37% of early voters opposed Amendment 4, which would allow abortion up until viability (around 24 weeks) or “when necessary,” as CatholicVote previously reported. Another 5% of early voters did not respond to whether or not they voted in favor of the ballot. St. Pete Polls found that...

n the lead-up to election day, Created Equal has joined other national groups in Orlando, FL to conduct public outreach in downtown squares, on university campuses, overpasses, and door-to-door to help defeat Florida’s pro-abortion Amendment 4. On Friday, October 25, between 10 am and 12 PM, our outreach team lawfully displayed “VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 4” banners on the Cady Way Bridge in Winter Park, FL. However, soon after the signs were erected an Amendment 4 supporter destroyed the display – not once but twice! Unfortunately, upon calling the police the perpetrator fled the scene and therefore we were unable...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution dealing with abortion rights and recreational marijuana are close to passage, a Florida Atlantic University poll released Tuesday found, but both are right on the edge. Amendment 4, which would enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution, has support of 58% of Florida voters, with 32% opposed and 11% saying they don’t know. Though that’s a strong majority, it’s just short of the 60% threshold Florida requires for passage of a constitutional amendment. Winning would require a relatively small share of those who said they still don’t know how...

A group of Florida physicians is speaking out against the state’s upcoming ballot initiative, Amendment 4, that would enshrine the “right” to abortion in the state’s constitution. Amendment 4 would add the following language to the Florida Constitution: “No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s health care provider.” In the law, “health” is subjectively determined — even by the abortionist who stands to profit directly from the abortion. And therefore, the law is broad enough to allow abortion up to birth. This is...

Florida’s Amendment 4 is the beginning of eliminating innocent babies who are inconvenient realities The victories recently won by those who would erase all restrictions on abortion has emboldened them to bring their carnival of death to Florida. They have placed an amendment to the Florida State Constitution on this year’s ballot that would remove any and all restrictions on abortion and provide legal grounds for allowing a miracle abortion survivor to “be made comfortable” while she or he is allowed to die of starvation and hunger as has been described by a Democrat former Governor of Virginia. Abortion is...

CV NEWS FEED // Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday joined Doctors Against Amendment 4, a coalition of physicians opposed to a proposed pro-abortion amendment that is on the Sunshine State’s 2024 ballot. Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski, who has been critical of DeSantis in the past, joined the effort, providing a closing prayer at the Coral Gables news conference. Standing with the governor, the group of doctors told reporters that the amendment misleads voters, and that, if it passes, it will imperil the health of many women in the state. Early voting in Florida began on Monday. Amendment 4...

Donald Trump signaled that he could vote to end Florida's six-week abortion ban when it comes up in a referendum later this year, as he continues his delicate dance around a key election issue. In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com he previewed an upcoming announcement on his voting stance by saying that he did not think six weeks was enough time. But he avoided committing to using the presidential veto if a nationwide federal ban arrived on his desk as president even though his running mate said he would. ~snip~ Trump said he has decided how he will vote. 'Well,...

Former President Donald Trump says he’ll vote in favor of Florida’s abortion referendum that will appear on the ballot throughout the state for the Nov. 5 election. NBC News reporter Dasha Burns on her X feed highlighted video of Trump telling her that he would vote to support the ballot initiative. He said, according to Burns, that he thinks Florida’s ban on abortion after six weeks is too restrictive. “I think the six-week is too short, there has to be more time,” Trump said. Florida’s ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy went into effect in May. The statewide...

The deceptive constitutional Amendment 4 dealing with abortion was back in the news this week. In the state of Florida, all ballot initiatives must have a financial impact statement to properly inform voters of the cost to the state and the taxpayers. Monday, Circuit judge John Cooper issues his ruling stating that outdated information in the financial impact statement “renders it inaccurate, ambiguous, misleading, unclear and confusing.” “In the irony of all ironies, this judge is actually describing Amendment 4 itself” Amendment 4 is purposely vague, deceptive, and misleading. it’s a shame the 4 male Supreme Court justices did not...

At the constitutional debates in New York Alexander Hamilton asserted that: The true principle of a republic is, that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect in proportion as the current of popular favor is checked. Opposite to this republican democracy is the phony form of democracy preferred by Joseph Stalin where: “those who cast the votes decide nothing, those who count the votes decide everything.” In this election-fraud based phony-democracy the will of the people is annihilated, creating a definitively unrepublican form. This form must never be allowed a live birth. If election...

The narratives of the midterm elections were set when suburban voters turned against President Trump, women racked up record numbers of electoral wins and Republicans dominated rural states and counties. But dive deeper into the results and some more surprising storylines emerge, from familial ties to long shot candidates, expanding suburbs and new battlegrounds. Here are the overlooked stories that didn’t get enough coverage after the polls closed. Did Puerto Ricans elect Rick Scott? When Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico devastated in 2017, almost 400,000 of the island’s residents moved to the mainland. Many of them landed in Florida, where...

It's heartbreaking and very well done. His father was murdered and then 6 yrs later his 18 yr old sister was raped and murdered.

Florida’s 13 million voters have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help convicted felons who have paid their debt to society earn the right to vote, and to a second chance. Called the “Voting Restoration Amendment,” a proposed constitutional amendment will grant most of the 1.7 million convicted felons the right to vote and help select their leaders for local, state and federal offices. That is a good thing. It makes sense. To be eligible, these felons must complete “all terms of sentence including parole or probation.“ That means they would have paid restitution, court costs and fees, and completed community service,...

Getting pulled over can make even the most law-abiding citizen's heart race. You should understand what you can and can't do. ~snip~ Read the rest of your rights when interacting with police below:

Snowden reflects on his goals in a wide-ranging interview with the Washington Post Edward Snowden has gloated that by exposing the National Security Agency (NSA) to public scrutiny, his mission was “already accomplished.” In a series of interviews with the Washington Post, Snowden expressed satisfaction with his decision to leak classified documents to the press. He said his only concern in the months leading up to the decision was “public apathy,” but that the reaction he received has since allayed all of his concerns. “I already won,” he said.

The ACLU has obtained internal IRS documents that say Americans enjoy "generally no privacy" in their e-mail messages, Facebook chats, and other electronic communications. The Internal Revenue Service doesn't believe it needs a search warrant to read your e-mail. Newly disclosed documents prepared by IRS lawyers say that Americans enjoy "generally no privacy" in their e-mail, Facebook chats, Twitter direct messages, and similar online communications -- meaning that they can be perused without obtaining a search warrant signed by a judge. That places the IRS at odds with a growing sentiment among many judges and legislators who believe that Americans'...

Cyber-attacks and cyber-espionage pose a greater potential danger to U.S. national security than Al Qaeda and other militants that have dominated America's global focus since Sept. 11, 2001, the nation's top intelligence officials said Tuesday. For the first time, the growing risk of computer-launched foreign assaults on U.S. infrastructure, including the power grid, transportation hubs and financial networks, was ranked higher in the U.S. intelligence community's annual review of worldwide threats than worries about terrorism, transnational organized crime and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.