PAC Behind Abortion Rights Amendment in Fla. to Disband Tuesday

A political action committee behind Amendment 4, which would have allowed abortions until viability, will disband Tuesday, reports Florida Politics.

Floridians Protecting Freedom, “a statewide campaign of allied organizations and concerned citizens working together to limit government interference with abortion,” according to its website, submitted a disbandment letter to Florida’s Division of Elections last week.

The report comes a week after the group paid a $164,000 settlement with the state after allegations of fraudulent petitions and three petition circulators for the organization were convicted for illegal activities gathering signatures.

“OECS [Office of Election Crimes and Security] has referred dozens of cases to law enforcement requesting that criminal investigations be opened,” reads the memo by Brad McVay, deputy secretary of state. “Additionally, OECS learned that thousands of validated petitions bear signatures that do not match any signature the elector has on file and thus should not have been verified as valid.”

Amendment 4, which would have overturned a ban on abortion six weeks into pregnancy signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last year, fell short in November of a 60% threshold to pass.

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