Let Their Hearts Beat at the Florida Polls

“Florida’s top court ushers in six-week abortion ban, but voters will have their say,” a BBC headline announces. “Florida six-week abortion ban will soon become law, but voters will consider a constitutional amendment this fall,” says CNN. “Florida Court Allows 6-Week Abortion Ban, but Voters Will Get to Weigh In,” writes the New York Times.

Florida voters elected the legislators who passed the Heartbeat Protection Act. But pro-abortion lobbyists are hoping that a fear-based direct appeal will turn voters against the right to life. It’s a strategy that has worked well in swing states like Ohio and Michigan. My home state of Florida has a reputation as the quintessential swing state thanks to the Bush v. Gore fiasco, although Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis won re-election handily.

Unlike Ohio and Michigan, which amend their state constitutions by simple majority, Florida requires a 60% vote to pass a ballot initiative. Florida’s 60% threshold has been in place since 2006 and has nothing to do with abortion specifically. Rather, the idea is that constitutional amendments should be reserved for matters of broad consensus; closer questions belong in the legislature, where decisions are more easily reversed when the people change their minds. The higher threshold also serves as a bulwark against unfair influences, such as the stolen money that billionaire crypto-fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried poured into Michigan’s abortion campaign. Notably, Ohio and Michigan’s anti-life amendments passed with less than 60% of the vote (56.8% and 57% respectively).

You can expect the abortion lobby to continue attacking pro-life Americans as “undemocratic.” The accusation is rich coming from a movement that, with the help of seven men in robes, deliberately disenfranchised pro-life voters to get a 49-year head start. And let’s not forget that the people most impacted by abortion don’t get a vote.

Harriet doesn’t get a vote.

Christopher X doesn’t get a vote.

Phoenix doesn’t get a vote.

Ángel doesn’t get a vote.

Holly doesn’t get a vote.

The 8,458 babies killed by abortion in Florida last year don’t get a vote.

But we do. So if you live in Florida, cast your vote for those who cannot. If you aren’t a Floridian, talk to your friends who are. On a fair playing field, we have a chance to protect thousands of human beings and stop the abortion industry’s momentum. Remember in November.

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