Editorial Roundup: Florida

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Seven years after Roe, Florida voters wrote privacy rights into the state constitution.
55% : Recreational marijuana is legal in 24 states plus the District of Colombia, as of February 2024, according to the Pew Research Center, and another 14 allow the drug for medical use only.
52% : Monday's decision not only upholds Florida's ban on abortion after 15 weeks but effectively implements another law, labeled the Heartbeat Protection Act by its legislative supporters, that forbids abortion after six weeks -- a time when many women don't yet know they are pregnant.
52% : Editorial: Florida voters, not politicians, should decide on recreational marijuana.
51% : In November, voters will be able to decide whether they want to legalize recreational marijuana in the state for adults 21 and older.
50% : In 2020, Florida approved raising the state minimum wage while also voting for Donald Trump by larger margins than in 2016.

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