Resolution 2024-116 RESOLUTION NO. 2024 -1 1 6
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY,FLORIDA,IN OPPOSITION TO AMENDMENT 4,A
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONCERNING
ABORTION.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida("Board"), has been
made aware of Amendment 4,a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution that is scheduled to appear
on the November 5, 2024 ballot; and
WHEREAS, Amendment 4, titled as "Amendment to Limit Government Interference with
Abortion", would amend the Florida Constitution by adding the following underlined text to the
Constitution: Limiting government interference with abortion.—Except as provided in Article X, Section
22, 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; and
WHEREAS,the proposed amendment would provide a constitutional right to abortion before fetal
viability(estimated to be around 24 weeks gestational age)or when necessary to protect the patient's health,
as determined by the patient's healthcare provider; and
WHEREAS, I believe that the language of the proposed amendment is vague, deceptive, and
overbroad, and would strike already enacted protections instituted by the State of Florida by broadening
the definition of healthcare providers to those not medically licensed, eliminating parental consent for
minors, and allowing the life of the unborn to be taken right up to the moment of birth; and
WHEREAS, the Board believes that the passage of Amendment 4 would be detrimental to the
health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Collier County and the State of Florida.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners of Collier
County, Florida, expresses its strong opposition to Amendment 4.
ADOPTED upon majority vote this 11'h day of June, 2024.
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AtTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
crystal 1. Kinzel, Clerk of Courts COLLIER C TY,FLORIDA
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ti5ht8 ce�Shiy hris Hall, Chairman
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Jeffrey 7 latz ►w, County Attorney