Judge Blocks DeSantis Administration’s Efforts to Block Pro-Abortion Ad

A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order against Florida’s surgeon general after the state health department threatened to bring criminal charges against broadcasters airing an ad supporting Florida’s Right to an Abortion Amendment. “To keep it simple for the State of Florida: it’s the First Amendment, stupid,” said Chief U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker of the Northern District of Florida The DeSantis administration tried to stop stations from airing a campaign ad by the group Floridians Protecting Freedom promoting a ballot measure looking to overturn Florida’s six-week…

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