Florida Dems want the fight to pass the abortion rights amendment to be intergenerational
During a Florida Democratic Party press conference Monday morning, leaders within the party shared their experiences as mothers and daughters to emphasize the importance of working across generational divides to enshrine abortion access in Florida’s constitution come November.
“I am the proud mother to a beautiful daughter, an aunt to nieces and grandnieces who grew up in Florida. And since Florida’s extreme abortion ban took effect on May 1, they will grow up with fewer rights than I had,” Plotnick said. “If any of the women in my family want to have children or more children, they are at risk of being denied health care if God forbid anything goes wrong during their pregnancy. Women have won and lost rights throughout history, and we now have another chance to win.”
She continued: “Yesterday, on Mother’s Day, I am reminded of my obligation to my child and the next generation. Senior women must rejoin the fight just as we did in 1973 and mobilize once again to take back our rights and protect reproductive freedom for all generations to come.”
But for abortion access to be restored to the point of viability and beyond the current six-week ban, 60% of voters will have to vote yes on Amendment 4 on Nov.5. With six months left until the election, Democrats are pitching the pro-abortion amendment as an issue that voters of all parties can get behind but that will require people from all kinds of backgrounds to promote.
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