DeSantis claims victory over Florida abortion, marijuana amendments as supporters celebrate: 'Praise God'

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claimed triumph connected Tuesday evening implicit the decision of 2 amendments that would have, respectively, created a law close to termination and legalized recreational marijuana. 

"With polls present closed successful Florida — Amendment 3 has failed. Amendment 4 has failed," DeSantis posted to X soon aft polls closed successful Florida. 

The 2 amendments are projected to fail, arsenic they did not scope support from 60% of Florida voters aft polls closed astatine 7 p.m. successful the state. 

Amendment 3 would person legalized recreational marijuana, which has progressively been legalized successful states crossed the nation. While connected the contented of abortion, DeSantis signed The Heartbeat Protection Act into instrumentality past year, which banned astir abortions aft six weeks of gestation. 

This year, Florida residents voted connected Amendment 4, the Right to Abortion Initiative, which works to overturn the ban. 

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Gov. Ron DeSantis (FL) takes the signifier connected Day 2 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), astatine the Fiserv Forum successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 16, 2024. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

Voting information connected the amendments comes aft Fox News Decision Desk projected earlier Tuesday that erstwhile President Donald Trump volition triumph Florida successful the wide election. 

Conservative and pro-life societal media users celebrated DeSantis' triumph thigh implicit the amendments' reported failures, calling the expected nonaccomplishment of Amendment 4 a "huge triumph for life." 

"The demise of pro-abortion Amendment 4 is simply a momentous triumph for beingness successful Florida and for our full country," said SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser successful remark provided to Fox Digital Tuesday. "Thanks to Gov. Ron DeSantis, erstwhile we aftermath up tomorrow, babies with beating hearts volition inactive beryllium protected successful the escaped authorities of Florida.

"The instrumentality that safeguards much than 50,000 lives annually volition remain. Florida is simply a beacon to the places successful this state which inactive let termination aft the constituent a babe tin consciousness symptom and the exemplary for however the pro-life question volition triumph aboriginal ballot measurement fights. In a satellite wherever the termination lobby has a clasp of our large institutions, each Republican should instrumentality enactment of the enactment and courageousness that Ron DeSantis exhibited to exposure Big Abortion’s docket and decision life-ending amendments," she added. 

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Amendment 4 became a blistery taxable earlier successful the run cycle, arsenic reporters grilled Trump astir however helium would ballot connected the matter, arsenic helium is simply a Florida resident. 

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Trump did spark the condemnation of immoderate pro-life conservatives for saying successful August that Florida’s six-week termination prohibition "is excessively short." He aboriginal said that helium would ballot against the Florida amendment, and doubled down that termination laws and issues should beryllium near up to the states to decide.

Republican statesmanlike nominee and erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by erstwhile U.S. archetypal woman Melania Trump, speaks to reporters arsenic helium votes astatine Mandel Recreation Center connected Election Day successful Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 5, 2024.  (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)

"You request much clip than six weeks. I've disagreed with that close from the aboriginal primaries. 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," said Trump successful August. 

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"That mode you tin bash an termination successful the ninth month. And, you know, immoderate of the states, similar Minnesota and different states person it wherever you tin really execute the babe aft commencement and each of that worldly is unacceptable. So I'll beryllium voting nary for that reason," helium added. 

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