Open Thread | Abortion Rights On The Ballot In Florida In November

YES YES YES YES YES

Florida Supreme Court signs off on abortion rights amendment for November ballot
James CallCapital Bureau | USA TODAY Network – Florida

Florida voters will have the final say on a constitutional amendment to guarantee access to abortion after the state’s Supreme Court Monday decided to allow the question on whether to pass it on the 2024 statewide ballot.

The court concluded the proposed initiative, the Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion, sponsored by Floridians Protecting Freedom, adequately informs voters of the proposed amendment’s effect.

The 4 -3 ruling ensures abortion will be on voter’s minds when casting ballots in the 2024 election. The initiative to place abortion access before voters came after the Florida Legislature approved a six-week abortion ban in 2023. Justices effectively upheld than ban in a separate ruling that struck down Florida’s decades-old privacy amendment that once garnered unanimous high court approval and granted constitutional protections to abortion.

But voters could ultimately overturn the justices.

The ballot summary states, “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. “

I admit. I was hesitant about Democrats spending serious money in Florida, but now?
Yes. Yes. Yes.
We need to spend the funds, and get out the voters for this amendment. And, link it to the Senate race.

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36 Responses to Open Thread | Abortion Rights On The Ballot In Florida In November

  1. rikyrah says:

    It’s always been Putin helping the Orange Menace.
    Like we didn’t already know this.
    That I am seeing this on TikTok, and not every news channel…
    Yet another reason why the MSM is useless.

    They can’t be bothered to do their phucking jobs and connect all the dots?🤬🤬🤬

    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLBfg6rs/

  2. rikyrah says:

    I’m at the stage in my life where $11k a month after taxes in just breath money sounds good.

    The 700K would have appealed to me 20 years ago.

    I say, split the baby with the bathwater, and do 400K for 30 hours a week. That would be 3 10 hour days – Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and four days off.

    boba bria (@bria_sullivan) posted at 5:18 PM on Mon, Apr 01, 2024:
    $200K/year and you don’t have to work

    or

    $700K/year and you work 50 hrs a week, 3 weeks vacation/year

    which are you picking and why?
    (https://x.com/bria_sullivan/status/1774924414951493890?t=K0nXD8crL9xlWOHQ6H5O4Q&s=03)

  3. rikyrah says:

    SchadenfreudeSteph (@Stephynb) posted at 10:06 AM on Wed, Apr 03, 2024:
    Houston is a hot mess now

    Gov fired school board
    Members+installed
    Handpicked extremists +a charter School owner/hardliner as superintendent

    Mils of waste pm while starving schools of needed $

    Again no one in TX wants this
    https://t.co/ZaZP48ugqy
    (https://x.com/Stephynb/status/1775540347252158769?t=Wz4Av_8KKIsOdk6zeEzHOg&s=03)

  4. rikyrah says:

    One of my favorite plays.

    The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) posted at 10:40 AM on Wed, Apr 03, 2024:
    The first Broadway production in nearly 25 years of Thornton Wilder’s classic play, “Our Town,” will open in September, featuring Katie Holmes, Jim Parsons, Richard Thomas, Zoey Deutch, Billy Eugene Jones, Julie Halston, Ephraim Sykes, and Michelle Wilson.
    https://t.co/fjYHfNbdfa
    (https://x.com/thedailybeast/status/1775548849852940599?s=03)

  5. rikyrah says:

    The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) posted at 9:00 AM on Wed, Apr 03, 2024:
    “The party that claims to put ‘America first’ is led by a man who describes the nation as ‘failing’ or ‘corrupt’ a hundred times for every one mention of an American virtue.” Democrats have an opening. @monacharen on patriotism: https://t.co/AIFPuiBTTA
    (https://x.com/BulwarkOnline/status/1775523842187751569?t=8nzp5Rfuqoh6snb1EJVe0Q&s=03)

  6. rikyrah says:

    This is in reference to Coondace Owens

    Portia ♍️ McGonagal Same On 🐳 (@PortiaMcGonagal) posted at 8:56 AM on Wed, Apr 03, 2024:
    Let this be a lesson to the Black women white adjacency seekers specifically. Men too but they’ll keep you a bit longer. A bit. 1/

    “…her recent pivot to appeal more to Black audiences might be the result of white men pushing her out.”
    https://t.co/0vK06F40Wz
    (https://x.com/PortiaMcGonagal/status/1775522759445303298?t=nWeKhx57deCKVeZcNrF8wg&s=03)

    Portia ♍️ McGonagal Same On 🐳 (@PortiaMcGonagal) posted at 8:58 AM on Wed, Apr 03, 2024:
    2/
    Remember them? You are only “in” so long as you toe the line, do their bidding, hurt your own, and can be the “Black friend” they think shields them from being called racist. https://t.co/se18ulBPBA
    (https://x.com/PortiaMcGonagal/status/1775523356386922771?t=HMy4NrKyis4wv4813D_0ow&s=03)

    Portia ♍️ McGonagal Same On 🐳 (@PortiaMcGonagal) posted at 9:00 AM on Wed, Apr 03, 2024:
    3/3
    Less than an afterthought from a nightly emission.
    “Candace if you feel that taking money from The Daily Wire somehow comes between you and God, by all means quit.”

    You still can’t come to the cookout. Not even a plate to go. https://t.co/rkxl86maAh
    (https://x.com/PortiaMcGonagal/status/1775523847749644698?t=UzqWIBYMPceHRkrWb2FMpA&s=03)

  7. rikyrah says:

    UH HUH

    Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) posted at 7:46 AM on Wed, Apr 03, 2024:
    Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon of Austin’s Covenant Bible Church thinks women should LOSE the right to vote: “Because if we had a Christian nation tomorrow, and women did have the right to vote, we would not have a Christian nation within 50 years.”

    What do YOU think? https://t.co/Vkkv7uiwPM
    (https://x.com/joncoopertweets/status/1775505247214915973?t=JqmKmWam_bvj8l_AusUmqA&s=03)

  8. rikyrah says:

    Stares in horror

    StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 (@StrictlyChristo) posted at 10:17 PM on Tue, Apr 02, 2024:
    Rooftop swimming pool during the Taiwan earthquake https://t.co/3J1QKYULwT
    (https://x.com/StrictlyChristo/status/1775361923879776638?t=Y72CE6gpW3UK11pqwFSl0A&s=03)

  9. rikyrah says:

    Library Afro Revolution Day 🤗

    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLBNke96/

  10. rikyrah says:

    Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) posted at 0:42 PM on Tue, Apr 02, 2024:
    Trump says he sabotaged the bipartisan deal to secure the border because “it made it much better for the opposing side” https://t.co/yAysQiWrkX
    (https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1775217154012438546?t=bZleub8GZD9qKLBR7fI6NQ&s=03)

  11. rikyrah says:

    The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) posted at 2:03 PM on Tue, Apr 02, 2024:
    JUST IN: Groups working to put reproductive rights in Arizona’s state constitution say they have exceeded the signature threshold to put a constitutional amendment on abortion on the state’s ballot in Nov.

    Biden won Arizona by 0.3 percentage points four years ago.
    (https://x.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1775237619703521709?t=9LbuXvfqbPanCs2_TsooFA&s=03)

  12. rikyrah says:

    Sending Prayers for him

    Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) posted at 0:03 PM on Tue, Apr 02, 2024:
    11th term Arizona Democratic Congressman Raúl Grijalva announced today: “A few weeks ago, I sought medical treatment for a persistent cough which was initially diagnosed as pneumonia. After further testing and imaging, my physician discovered that I have cancer.”
    (https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/1775207548242514270?s=03)

  13. rikyrah says:

    Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) posted at 9:39 AM on Tue, Apr 02, 2024:
    New: Trump almost certainly won’t go to trial in July in the classified docs case — as the Special Counsel requested — with Judge Cannon declining to set a trial schedule a month after she was presented with potential options. @guardian https://t.co/gRgHO3IL3q
    (https://x.com/hugolowell/status/1775171293215650142?t=QXc2MQYCttCNjQ4Q3lKKDQ&s=03)

  14. rikyrah says:

    SarcastiCourt 🟧 (@CourtZsarcastic) posted at 11:03 AM on Tue, Apr 02, 2024:
    This is fucked up. I’ve noticed on occasion that the person delivering my orders was male when it was clearly a driver account for a woman, but I didn’t realize this was an epidemic. It’s fucking scary enough for women out there. JFC.
    (https://x.com/CourtZsarcastic/status/1775192376559980966?t=RClmmJfPi-SQcG_pw-T_EA&s=03)

  15. rikyrah says:

    theGrio.com (@theGrio) posted at 11:20 AM on Tue, Apr 02, 2024:
    Lawyers representing migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard nearly two years ago by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can sue the charter flight company that transported them according to a ruling Monday by a federal judge in Boston.

    Read more 👇🏾
    https://t.co/HRaFUR7rR0
    (https://x.com/theGrio/status/1775196583249764572?t=ve_JZ5XZIObg6sN2oeQ-mQ&s=03)

  16. rikyrah says:

    The Bible scam is a way for Evangelical churches to launder money to his campaign.

    Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) posted at 8:30 AM on Sun, Mar 31, 2024:
    Warnock: “Trump’s doing what he’s always done & this time it’s a risky bet bc the folks who buy those bibles might actually open them up where it says things like, ‘Thou shalt not lie, Thou shalt not bear false witness,’ where it warns about wolves dressed up in sheep’s clothing” https://t.co/bUvrdCqnDX
    (https://x.com/atrupar/status/1774429148611567971?t=p7ylPA2owsLvHhlKDPAKiA&s=03)

  17. rikyrah says:

    Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) posted at 9:11 AM on Sun, Mar 31, 2024:
    Clyburn on using federal funds to rebuild the Baltimore bridge: I will always remember how some of my colleagues failed to come to the assistance of a certain part of the country, until it came to their backyards and then all of a sudden they saw the need for it.” https://t.co/SqW3pKTR4f
    (https://x.com/atrupar/status/1774439279441170814?t=6sRJyPXNV514ZnNIT92shA&s=03)

  18. rikyrah says:

    REFERRING TO MUSK:

    17 GOP-held Biden districts targeted to flip blue (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 9:29 AM on Sun, Mar 31, 2024:
    I honestly believe he’s lying when he says that he did not support apartheid as a youth. Just listen to his mother when she’s on here; she sounds like she wants it back. *Of course* they supported apartheid when it was a thing; it’s just very un-PC to still be that way right now.
    (https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1774444017347866934?t=i9CtwmUtbkJKr0c8d_uCsw&s=03)

  19. rikyrah says:

    The Katie Phang Show (@katiephangshow) posted at 11:59 AM on Sat, Mar 30, 2024:
    “Elon does not like it when people criticize him… for the hate, the vitriol, misinformation, sheer vile content on Twitter – which he unleashed when he took over the platform,” @kaplanrobbie on the lawsuit by Elon Musk’s X Corp. against @CCDHate. https://t.co/XYcwTS4xMY
    (https://x.com/katiephangshow/status/1774119177294352800?t=jqYcbkyFfbvwhNd46SnLXQ&s=03)

  20. rikyrah says:

    The Hill (@thehill) posted at 9:36 AM on Sun, Mar 31, 2024:
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) sounded the alarm on the far-reaching implications of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, noting it will have a “massive impact” on the national economy. https://t.co/aZlRV77XN6
    (https://x.com/thehill/status/1774445571681468630?t=hnMMH9jOh4j32kg85olkIA&s=03)

  21. rikyrah says:

    17 GOP-held Biden districts targeted to flip blue (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 9:38 AM on Sun, Mar 31, 2024:
    When apartheid ended, 40% of South Africa’s whites left the country. Not all of them were liberals disgusted with racial hierarchy; many were conservatives who refused to live in a place where they did not have all the racial privileges baked in from jump.
    (https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1774446132120150020?t=zjlN0FnMCQHaZL1d5eBB5g&s=03)

  22. rikyrah says:

    17 GOP-held Biden districts targeted to flip blue (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 10:35 AM on Sun, Mar 31, 2024:
    People nowadays say weak sh¡t like “deeply divided nation” rather than admit that ~22% of the country are disruptive, Klansman white domestic terrorist Nazi trash.

    It’s also what is said when the speaker’s bosses want the leader of such a movement elected for profits & tax cuts.
    (https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1774460442104017318?t=HSalshuVFvEQTYI0Ed2hWA&s=03)

  23. rikyrah says:

    Satan (@Scentofawoman10) posted at 5:39 PM on Sun, Mar 31, 2024:
    🚨BREAKING: Turkish citizens celebrate as Erdogan’s party loses in Turkey’s mayoral elections.
    https://t.co/DcTHgPxYkz
    (https://x.com/Scentofawoman10/status/1774567200701251853?t=u_bcyHFxe_aCHsOxe56tnA&s=03)

  24. rikyrah says:

    Xhosa is 🔥🇿🇦 ™® Taka Tina (@TakaTina1) posted at 10:35 AM on Sun, Mar 31, 2024:
    Russia Has Finally Decided To Allow The World Into Its Oldest Church. A Lot Of People Are Shocked To Discover That All The Prophets In The Bible Are BLACK. https://t.co/aFCvTT8Zvd
    (https://x.com/TakaTina1/status/1774460563042549825?t=nLSrMvaYw4FfOMJkHARNvQ&s=03)

  25. rikyrah says:

    shmulik (@souljagoytellem) posted at 6:53 PM on Sat, Mar 30, 2024:
    if they get rid of the 22nd amendment that would only make 88 year old Trump lose to Obama in one of the biggest landslides in modern history
    (https://x.com/souljagoytellem/status/1774223363222753298?t=KrQhGetDyLatLOt5lB0JIw&s=03)

  26. rikyrah says:

    Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 6:46 PM on Sun, Mar 31, 2024:
    Biden Campaign calls out ‘unhinged all-caps tirade’ from ‘feeble and confused Trump’

    https://t.co/OyMRXVI7hs
    (https://x.com/Acyn/status/1774584192585879863?t=GmLqOQlKthPA4gKphqR7Tg&s=03)

  27. rikyrah says:

    philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) posted at 1:06 PM on Mon, Apr 01, 2024:
    Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” led to a boost in streams for Black country-based artists Brittney Spencer, Shaboozey, Tanner Adell, Reyna Roberts, Willie Jones and Tiera Kennedy

    https://t.co/Ydx0bkMCCm
    (https://x.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1774860830846410897?t=kWGUmf8DiyI7so8e51PgzQ&s=03)

  28. rikyrah says:

    John V. Moore (@johnvmoore) posted at 9:54 AM on Mon, Apr 01, 2024:
    Y’all going to f around and let the Breakfast Club, the Shaderoom and others who are selling us out, contribute to the undoing of Dr. King’s legacy and the very civil rights many of you proclaim to care about.
    (https://x.com/johnvmoore/status/1774812464493781092?t=lULZkSsjYiRgDgwNokUydg&s=03)

  29. rikyrah says:

    John V. Moore (@johnvmoore) posted at 10:05 AM on Mon, Apr 01, 2024:
    Bruh, we need to start mobilizing MFers right now. This “lesser of two evils” or lukewarm “I guess I’ll vote for Biden” stuff needs to end. We have to get folks hyped to vote for Biden and to destroy the fuck out of the white supremacy Trump & Republicans represent.
    (https://x.com/johnvmoore/status/1774815481507029351?t=-GASNwHTYi2DgKh4pWnLmA&s=03

    Hope Restored In DFW (@Kennymack1971) posted at 10:07 AM on Mon, Apr 01, 2024:
    It’s going to require some aggressive hurting of feelings. We’ve allowed some people to slide for too long and the stakes are too high for us to let these jokers slide.
    (https://x.com/Kennymack1971/status/1774815971116564618?t=93xBmWYz54spcvC4B3o1sg&s=03

  30. rikyrah says:

    Hope Restored In DFW (@Kennymack1971) posted at 2:25 PM on Mon, Apr 01, 2024:
    I will say Project 2025 is proving that Trump’s weaker than we think because if he’s got to do all this just to keep the racists motivated knowing this is probably a major turn off elsewhere he’s is in trouble.
    (https://x.com/Kennymack1971/status/1774880868344922619?t=rP1D6DnF_FXh37dXlLCjWA&s=03)

  31. rikyrah says:

    Hope Restored In DFW (@Kennymack1971) posted at 2:23 PM on Mon, Apr 01, 2024:
    MAGA and their adjacents are the modern day Nazis. And back then people thought the Nazis were a joke until they weren’t.

    Y’all listen to these 🦝 spreading disinformation and bullshit if you want to….I don’t have any intention of doing that.
    (https://x.com/Kennymack1971/status/1774880304454353069?t=9CBaJAwRVtxI4kcVo7We4g&s=03)

  32. rikyrah says:

    KAPOW

    2RawTooReal (@2RawTooReal) posted at 4:10 PM on Mon, Apr 01, 2024:
    Progressives: “we need trump back in office to disrupt our comforts.”

    Black voters: “When tf have we ever been comfortable?” https://t.co/mOOzcfMWhP
    (https://x.com/2RawTooReal/status/1774907298663563325?t=InBV_YHnyBtpe28YjD3hkg&s=03)

  33. rikyrah says:

    uh huh
    uh huh

    Serious Black 🗳 (@NicsuPR) posted at 4:49 PM on Mon, Apr 01, 2024:
    FORMER Governor of Maryland and current Republican candidate for Senate Larry Hogan RETURNED $900 million in federal funding (meant for Baltimore) and shifted $736 million of state money to roads in the surrounding, predominantly White counties.
    #MarylandTough #BaltimoreStrong
    (https://x.com/NicsuPR/status/1774916924301873183?t=hzQDAsE8_CPZDkxU2-iGbg&s=03)

  34. rikyrah says:

    Charles Gaba ( ✡️, deal with it) (@charles_gaba) posted at 1:10 PM on Mon, Apr 01, 2024:
    Among the new rules announced by @CMSGov a few days ago:

    –Annual & lifetime coverage limits for CHIP: GONE!

    –Locking kids out of CHIP if the family can’t pay premiums: GONE!

    –Waiting periods for CHIP: GONE!
    (https://x.com/charles_gaba/status/1774861951476089344?t=tbacXHsbszjNqAoc5bD3lg&s=03)

    Charles Gaba ( ✡️, deal with it) (@charles_gaba) posted at 1:12 PM on Mon, Apr 01, 2024:
    The biggest one in my view is the last one: States can no longer re-evaluate Medicaid/CHIP eligibilty more than once a year. It’s my understanding that some states do this *monthly* which is a massive admin burden as well as causing a ton of inconvenience for enrollees.
    (https://x.com/charles_gaba/status/1774862452234084702?t=deZE7UBjnQK_wqun4dzHgQ&s=03)

    Charles Gaba ( ✡️, deal with it) (@charles_gaba) posted at 1:20 PM on Mon, Apr 01, 2024:
    TO CLARIFY: The wording of the press release refers to re-evaluation of *renewal* eligibility; I’m assuming this does NOT mean you can only newly *apply* for Medicaid/CHIP once a year!
    (https://x.com/charles_gaba/status/1774864384835064032?t=9dOwGZwcxMWjNtqw-p2UJw&s=03)

  35. rikyrah says:

    That Well-Adjusted Biden Guy (@What46HasDone) posted at 1:19 PM on Mon, Apr 01, 2024:
    It is really underrated how much Joe Biden is actually the “healthcare pls” President. Not only did he pass a legislative expansion of both Postpartum Medicaid and the ACA exchanges, but he’s rewritten so many rules to make coverage better and qualification easier.
    (https://x.com/What46HasDone/status/1774864051949973851?t=4knrD67TwLo5VO_qDYn7Ug&s=03)

  36. rikyrah says:

    Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊

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