DeSantis admin blocked from threatening TV stations over pro-abortion ads

A Florida territory judge issued a impermanent restraining bid Thursday, halting the authorities authorities from threatening to proceed with ineligible measures against tv stations implicit pro-abortion ads. 

Floridians Protecting Freedom, the pro-abortion corporate down the Amendment 4 Right to Abortion Initiative, which would extremity Florida's 6-week abortion ban by enshrining termination successful the state's constitution, filed its suit against Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and erstwhile wide counsel to the Florida Department of Health John Wilson earlier this week. 

Amendment 4's connection states, "No instrumentality shall prohibit, penalize, delay, oregon restrict termination earlier viability oregon erstwhile indispensable to support the patient's health, arsenic determined by the patient's healthcare provider."

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The suit was spurred aft the Florida Department of Health sent letters to tv stations broadcasting the pro-abortion ads, wherein the section stated the advertisements were "false" and "dangerous." The section proceeded to petition that the ads beryllium removed wrong 24 hours, oregon it would proceed with ineligible measures.

Floridians Protecting Freedom, the pro-abortion corporate down the Amendment 4 Right to Abortion Initiative, which would extremity Florida's 6-week termination prohibition by enshrining termination successful the state's constitution, filed its suit against Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, pictured here, and erstwhile wide counsel to the Florida Department of Health John Wilson earlier this week. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Floridians Protecting Freedom argued that specified a determination was a usurpation of the collective's First Amendment right to tally governmental advertisements successful enactment of the projected amendment. 

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"While Defendant Ladapo refuses to adjacent hold with this elemental fact, Plaintiff’s governmental advertisement is governmental speech—speech astatine the halfway of the First Amendment," District Judge Mark E. Walker wrote successful the order. 

"The authorities cannot excuse its indirect censorship of governmental code simply by declaring the disfavored code is ‘false.’ 'The precise intent of the First Amendment is to foreclose nationalist authorization from assuming a guardianship of the nationalist caput done regulating the press, speech, and religion,'" Walker continued, quoting a U.S. Supreme Court opinion.

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"The information is, these ads are unequivocally mendacious and detrimental to nationalist wellness successful Florida," Jae Williams, communications manager for the Florida Department of Health, said successful a connection to Fox News Digital. "The media continues to disregard the information that Florida’s heartbeat extortion instrumentality ever protects the beingness of a parent and includes exceptions for victims of rape, incest, and quality trafficking."

Lauren Brenzel, run manager of Yes connected 4, called the bid a "triumph for each Floridian who believes successful ideology and the sanctity of the First Amendment" successful a connection released soon aft the bid was issued. 

Amendment 4's connection states, "No instrumentality shall prohibit, penalize, delay, oregon restrict termination earlier viability oregon erstwhile indispensable to support the patient's health, arsenic determined by the patient's healthcare provider." (CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

"The tribunal has affirmed what we’ve known each along: the authorities cannot soundlessness the information astir Florida’s utmost termination ban. It’s a deadly prohibition that puts women’s lives astatine risk," the connection continued. "This ruling is simply a almighty reminder that Floridians volition not backmost down successful the look of authorities intimidation."

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Gov. Ron DeSantis lawman property caput Julia Friedland told Fox News Digital successful a statement, "Surprise, surprise, the astir overturned justice connected the territory tribunal issued different bid that excites the press, but these existent stories each look past the halfway contented – the ads are unequivocally mendacious and enactment the lives and wellness of large women astatine risk. Florida’s heartbeat extortion instrumentality ever protects the beingness of a parent and includes exceptions for victims of rape, incest and quality trafficking."

The bid is acceptable to expire connected Oct. 29. 

Former President Donald Trump antecedently called Florida's projected amendment "radical" successful an interrogation with Fox News, saying helium disagreed with the amendment upon proceeding astir it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Former President Donald Trump antecedently called Florida's projected amendment "radical" successful an interrogation with Fox News but besides said helium believes Florida's six-week termination prohibition is excessively short.

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"You request much clip than six weeks. I've disagreed with that close from the aboriginal primaries," Trump told Fox News successful August. "When I heard astir it, I disagreed with it. At the aforesaid time, the Democrats are extremist due to the fact that the 9 months is conscionable a ridiculous situation."