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U.S. District Judge Mark Walker extended a temporary restraining order that bars Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo from taking any further action to coerce or intimidate broadcasters that run the commercials.

With recreational pot legal, patients will eventually need to decide if they want to keep their card, which costs $75 a year and requires doctor's visits every seven months costing between $350 and $600 a year.

The complaint, citing a recent state investigation, alleges more than 16% of the signatures are invalid and that multiple state elections supervisors failed to conduct a sufficient review.

In addition to seeing patients cross borders to undergo the procedure, Dr. Taylor Walker is witnessing another trend: future doctors avoid doing their residency in states with abortion restrictions.

Amendment 3 could help end an era of discriminatory enforcement, according to some proponents, elected officials and drug experts. How and whether it will is a growing question.

The Leon County judge rejected an injunction request by the sponsor of the ballot measure and wrote it is not for the courts to intervene and "decide what the people will be permitted to consider."

Floridians Protecting Freedom has raised nearly $57.65 million since being formed in April 2023. It had about $12.06 million in cash on hand as of Sept. 20.

Plaintiffs' attorneys say the state is interfering in the Amendment 4 vote. The state's lawyers contend public agencies are required to opine on policy. The judge says he will “do his best” to make a ruling soon.

"Viability and "health care provider" may need clarifying if Amendment 4 passes. Some legal experts say this could lead to broad interpretations; others say these are well-defined legal terms.

Backers of Amendment 4 argue exceptions to the six-week restrictions aren’t "real" because of vague language, criminal penalties and requirements that can make abortions difficult to obtain in these cases.