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“Florida’s Amendment 4 "will mandate abortion until the moment of birth.”
Ron DeSantis Florida Governor. Claim dated 23 Apr 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

What PolitiFact found

Florida's abortion amendment doesn't mandate abortion until the moment of birth. The text says abortion could not be prohibited before fetal viability or when necessary to protect the pregnant woman's health.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Ron DeSantis (Florida Governor) made this claim around 23 April 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 May 2024, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.

Ron DeSantis has 64 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 38 misleading or mixed and 2 true.

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