바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s the First Amendment, stupid바카라 게임 웹사이트: Federal judge blasts DeSantis administration for threats against TV stations
바카라 게임 웹사이트To keep it simple for the State of Florida: it바카라 게임 웹사이트s the First Amendment, stupid.바카라 게임 웹사이트
That바카라 게임 웹사이트s what a federal judge wrote Thursday as he sided with local TV stations in an extraordinary dispute over a pro-abortion rights television ad.
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker of the Northern District of Florida after the state health department threatened to bring criminal charges against broadcasters airing the ad.
The controversy stems from a campaign ad by the group Floridians Protecting Freedom, which is behind the 바카라 게임 웹사이트Yes on 4 Campaign,바카라 게임 웹사이트 promoting a ballot measure that seeks to overturn Florida바카라 게임 웹사이트s six-week abortion ban by enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution.
In the , a brain cancer survivor named Caroline says the state law would have prevented her from receiving a life-saving abortion.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The doctors knew that if I did not end my pregnancy, I would lose my baby, I would lose my life, and my daughter would lose her mom,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she says on camera. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Florida has now banned abortions, even in cases like mine.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The state health department 바카라 게임 웹사이트 part of Gov. Ron DeSantis바카라 게임 웹사이트 administration, which has aggressively campaigned against the pro-abortion amendment 바카라 게임 웹사이트 said the ad바카라 게임 웹사이트s claims are 바카라 게임 웹사이트false바카라 게임 웹사이트 and 바카라 게임 웹사이트dangerous바카라 게임 웹사이트 to the public health.
John Wilson, the health department바카라 게임 웹사이트s general counsel, sent cease-and-desist letters to multiple television stations airing the ad. Floridians Protecting Freedom then filed a lawsuit against Wilson and the state바카라 게임 웹사이트s surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, saying the threats amounted to 바카라 게임 웹사이트unconstitutional coercion and viewpoint discrimination바카라 게임 웹사이트 and pressed the court to bar the state from following up on threats to sue.
On Thursday, the judge agreed the health department바카라 게임 웹사이트s threats were 바카라 게임 웹사이트viewpoint discrimination바카라 게임 웹사이트 and wrote that the group presented 바카라 게임 웹사이트a substantial likelihood of proving an ongoing violation of its First Amendment rights through the threatened direct penalization of its political speech.바카라 게임 웹사이트
, which is valid through Oct. 29, effectively bars Ladapo from intimidating local stations for airing the Amendment 4 ad.
Walker바카라 게임 웹사이트s granting of the restraining order comes less than a week after Wilson resigned from his post. In by the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald, Wilson wrote that 바카라 게임 웹사이트a man is nothing without his conscience,바카라 게임 웹사이트 adding that 바카라 게임 웹사이트it has become clear in recent days that I cannot join you on the road that lies before the agency.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Wilson did not mention the ad controversy.
The state바카라 게임 웹사이트s health department continues to assert that the abortion rights ad 바카라 게임 웹사이트unequivocally false and detrimental to public health in Florida.바카라 게임 웹사이트 Jae Williams, the department바카라 게임 웹사이트s communications director, told CNN on Thursday that 바카라 게임 웹사이트the media continues to ignore the truth that Florida바카라 게임 웹사이트s heartbeat protection law always protects the life of a mother and includes exceptions for victims of rape, incest, and human trafficking.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Some medical experts have said otherwise. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Florida바카라 게임 웹사이트s extreme abortion ban has created an unworkable legal landscape that endangers both patients and clinicians,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the nonprofit group Physicians for Human Rights stated in a report last month. The ban 바카라 게임 웹사이트leads to preventable suffering바카라 게임 웹사이트 and 바카라 게임 웹사이트compels clinicians to deviate from established standards of care and medical ethics,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the group said.
The health department바카라 게임 웹사이트s threats were so chilling that WINK, a CBS affiliate, pulled the ad from its broadcasts, . Other stations have continued to air the ad, some as recently as Thursday evening, according to the TVEyes video search service.
The broadcasters were supported by Jessica Rosenworcel, the Democratic chair of the FCC, who said earlier this month that 바카라 게임 웹사이트threats against broadcast stations for airing content that conflicts with the government바카라 게임 웹사이트s views are dangerous and undermine the fundamental principle of free speech.바카라 게임 웹사이트