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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Threats, door-knocking and restraining orders: Inside Ron DeSantis’s war on abortion rights in Florida

A federal judge offered a withering single-sentence summary to tell Ron DeSantis why his administration can’t threaten to criminally prosecute TV stations for airing abortion rights ads.

“To keep it simple for the State of Florida,” Judge Mark Walker wrote on October 17, “it’s the First Amendment, stupid.”

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