This really burns me(Re: Florida Ballot Measure on Abortion) [View all]

[ScratchCat]

Here in Florida, as many know, we have a ballot measure to restore women's reproductive rights. It's known as Amendment 4. Here is the text of the amendment:

Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion: 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 healthcare provider. This amendment does not change the Legislature’s constitutional authority to require notification to a parent or guardian before a minor has an abortion.

Very basic; nothing radical at all. Its polling around 65-70%, depending upon what polls you trust(polling against it is under 25%).

But just a few days ago, what do I start seeing? Damn signs which read "Vote No on 4!". They've got another blinking billboard type ad on a major highway that reads something like "Vote against anti-baby laws" with pictures of babies and whatnot. The second one is ridiculous on multiple levels, one of which trying to liken a ballot measure passed by the people to laws passed by partisans.

I have rarely - like never - seen a political party campaign against a ballot measure, especially a popular, non-controversial one like this(when over 70% of the population support something, its not controversial). It just enrages and disgusts me to no end, and I am a male. To further give context, they didn't even try to "campaign against" the ballot measure that was to restore the right to vote to felons. This is the first time I ever remember an administration actively campaigning against a ballot initiative(they are doing on legal marijuana too).

Has this occurred in other States with pro-choice ballot initiatives? Have the anti-women conservatives had the gall to actually campaign against the initiatives? I'm just at a loss with people in general. The Orwellian double speak that Republicans have begun to engage in is mind boggling(a ballot initiative supported by 70% of citizens is now a "bad law", but a Statute passed by 51% of congress, 100% along parry lines, is "the will of the people". Its insanity).

Anyway, this will pass easily, it just angers me to see money spent trying to stop the restoration of women's rights.