Fla. DOH Warns TV Stations Over Abortion Ballot Measure Ads

Florida’s Department of Health (DOH) is threatening to take legal action against local TV stations over an abortion ballot measure ad that the agency says contains false information.

According to The Hill, the state DOH sent cease-and-desist letters earlier this month to every TV station in Florida that ran the ad, warning them that it violates the state’s “sanitary nuisance laws.”

But the Federal Communications Commission chair said on Tuesday that the threats from Florida officials undercut the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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