Florida Judge Orders Halt on State Efforts to Remove Abortion Ad

Florida’s health department must pause any ongoing attempts to remove advertisements and other communications in support of an abortion rights ballot measure in the state, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

The campaign Floridians Protecting Freedom is likely to succeed on the merits of its claim that the Florida Department of Health “has crossed the line from advocating against Amendment 4 to censoring speech” by warning television stations that they could face legal action for airing a recent broadcast ad supporting the ballot measure, Chief Judge Mark E. Walker for the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida wrote ...