But 57%, or over 6 million votes, was enough for abortion rights advocates to call upon the Legislature to pay attention to the results and repeal the six-week abortion ban. Last fall, however, Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, said he would not change the law.

Regardless of the preference of the majority of voters, the Republican-led Legislature is unlikely to repeal the six-week ban

Democratic lawmakers have filed a measure to overturn the state’s six-week abortion ban in a move made three months after voters failed to pass an initiative protecting abortion rights. Amendment 4 received 57% of the vote — not enough to cross the 60% supermajority threshold to pass.