Federal Judge Ends Block on Florida’s Legal Action Against Pro-Abortion Ad

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration accused a pro-abortion TV ad of misrepresenting the state’s abortion law.
Federal Judge Ends Block on Florida’s Legal Action Against Pro-Abortion Ad
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds up a 15-week abortion ban law after signing it on April 14, 2022, in Kissimmee, Fla. AP Photo/John Raoux, File
Matt McGregor
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A federal judge has declined to continue granting a preliminary injunction prohibiting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration from pursuing legal action to stop a pro-abortion ad the state government calls “misinformation.”

District Judge Mark Waller said in his Nov. 6 order that though he supported the plaintiff’s former claim that it would face irreparable harm to its constitutional rights protecting its political speech leading up to the election, he could not grant the injunction now that it was over.