When he abruptly resigned from his post last week, the top attorney for the Florida Department of Health suggested in a resignation letter that he was uncomfortable with decisions taken by the state agency, which days earlier had threatened to prosecute television stations over political advertisements.

A judge has ordered Florida's surgeon general from making further threats against TV stations over an abortion-rights ad they've been running.

Backers of Amendment 4 deny any wrongdoing in their work to get the citizens-led measure on the ballot next month.