DeSantis administration faces lawsuit over ‘coercive threats’ to derail Florida’s abortion rights campaign

An abortion rights campaign in Florida is suing Ron DeSantis’s administration for his “months-long crusade” to derail an upcoming ballot measure that would sink his anti-abortion agenda.

A federal lawsuit filed in Florida on Wednesday accuses state health officials of violating Floridians Protecting Freedom’s First Amendment rights with “coercive” threats to prosecute TV stations that aired its campaign ads — an “escalation” of DeSantis’s broader campaign against Amendment 4.