No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider. This amendment does not change the Legislature’s constitutional authority to require notification to a parent or guardian before a minor has an abortion.

A group of anti-abortion advocates is asking the courts to invalidate a proposed abortion rights amendment on Florida’s November ballot, seizing on a state report that accuses the measure’s backers of engaging in “widespread petition fraud.