Judge tells Florida’s top doctor not to threaten TV stations over abortion-rights ads

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has ordered Florida’s surgeon general from making further threats against TV stations over an abortion-rights ad they’ve been running. A group campaigning for a ballot measure to add abortion rights to the state constitution sued earlier this week over letters officials in the state’s health department sent to TV stations. The letters sent Oct. 3 claim the ads had dangerous and false information about state law and that the department could initiate criminal charges. A federal judge on Thursday blocked the head of the department from taking any more action on the matter while the case moves ahead in court.