The threshold for passing the ballot initiative was 60 percent.
A ballot initiative that would have enshrined abortion rights in the Florida state constitution failed on Tuesday, falling 3 points short of the 60 percent threshold it needed to pass. The measure would have nullified the state’s six-week abortion ban and legalized abortion to the point of fetal viability, making Florida a haven in the Southeast for abortion access., though it was also the first time an initiative had to win a supermajority of votes to pass.
It’s a hard loss for the advocates who’d spent months waging a massive nonpartisan campaign on behalf of Amendment 4. “It’s heartbreaking. I mean, the results may well cost lives. I’m confident saying that,” said Cameron Driggers, the founder of Youth Action Fund, a nonprofit that worked to pass the amendment. He pointed out that 57 percent of Florida voters supported the initiative, which in most other states would have meant a decisive win for abortion rights. to secure a win.
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