Amendment 4 opposition grows

By John Labriola - Dozens of residents flocked to the Crystal River City Council and Citrus County Commission meetings this week to urge local elected officials to pass a resolution condemning pro-abortion Amendment 4, which would enshrine late-term abortion on demand in the Florida Constitution.

“If Amendment 4 passes due to the apathy of government officials and the naivete of Florida residents, the floodgates of ‘women’s reproductive rights,’ aka baby murder, will break open in the Sunshine State,” said Crystal River pro-life advocate Anna Loughridge, who spoke last week at the Inverness City Council meeting to urge the council to take a stand against the ballot measure. 

At the County Commission meeting, nearly 20 residents asked commissioners to oppose the amendment, which would repeal Florida's Heartbeat Protection Act, make abortion the only procedure not to require parental consent for minors, do away with the sonogram requirement and 24-hour waiting period for abortions, and abolish all existing abortion clinic safety regulations while including a broad “health" loophole that would allow abortion at any time after “viability” if the abortionist claims it’s necessary "to protect the patient's health," which courts have interpreted as justifying abortion for virtually any reason. 

“I think this issue pushes human decency too far, to the point of being evil,” said Gary McClintock of Hernando.

Marianne Parker of Homosassa described a gruesome partial-birth abortion procedure, which Amendment 4 would permit. 

“I would request a plea for you all to do something, but if you don’t already know what to do, then your conscience is already seared,” she said.

Commissioner Diana Finegan said after her uphill battle sponsoring last year’s border resolution, she would support a resolution condemning Amendment 4 if another commissioner sponsored it, but none offered to do so.

Commissioners Jeff Kinnard and Rebecca Bays both said they would vote No on Amendment 4 but did not think it was the Commission’s business to take a stand against it.

“I will be voting absolutely no, but I don’t think going any further falls under our purview,” Kinnard said.

Added Bays: “I too will not be voting for Amendment 4. That's me personally, but I'm not going to impose that on a county of citizens and ask them to do anything. That's their right to go to the ballot and vote the way they like.”

The Collier County Commission, the Gilchrist County Commission and the Trenton City Commission have all passed resolutions condemning Amendment 4. 

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