Trump's voter-led vision for abortion meets state resistance

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

86% : "The people are now deciding," Trump said in June, adding "it's a beautiful thing to watch.
67% : The group Floridians Protecting Freedom petitioned the state Supreme Court to toss out the state's financial impact analysis, which it said contains misleading anti-abortion language that has "nothing to do" with the financial impact of the amendment.
54% : AFLG Director of Strategy Rebecca Bobrow said the group knew there was a possibility of challenges from anti-abortion activists, but not necessarily state officials.
53% : They are changing rules on signature collections, inserting anti-abortion language into official summaries, and sometimes suing over the underlying language.
41% : "It is not right for democratic societies to vote on the fundamental rights of unpopular minorities," said Lila Rose, president and founder of the anti-abortion group Live Action, in a post on the social platform X. "Abortion is not about the 'will of the people,' it's about respecting the human right that we are endowed with by our creator.
41% : "Abortion is banned after 15 weeks of pregnancy in Arizona, with an exception for the life of the mother -- but not rape or incest.
34% : The GOP-controlled Legislature narrowly repealed a Civil War-era near-total abortion ban in May after a massive nationwide backlash, including from Trump.

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