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Carter Sherman in Tampa

‘I try not to get my hopes up’: campaigners make final push to save abortion rights in Florida

Volunteers prepare to hand out materials on Amendment 4 in Orlando, Florida, on 6 October 2024.
Volunteers prepare to hand out materials on Amendment 4 in Orlando, Florida, on 6 October 2024. Photograph: Octavio Jones/AFP/Getty Images

As she stood in the parking lot of an auto supply store on Friday evening, Brittany Robinson was practically vibrating. With just a few days left before the 2024 presidential elections, the 32-year-old Floridian needed an outlet for her anxiety.

So Robinson decided to go knock on strangers’ doors in support of Amendment 4, a ballot measure that, if passed, would enshrine abortion rights into Florida’s constitution and overturn the state’s six-week abortion ban.

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