Abortion rights groups look to build on their victories with new ballot measures
Energized by a perfect record on ballot measures in last month’s midterm elections, abortion-rights groups are setting their sights on more victories over the next two years.
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After string of abortion-rights wins, conservatives look to curtail the ballot measure process
Republican-led legislatures are mounting an increasingly fierce battle to curb the ability of citizens and other lawmakers to place ballot measures — a move progressive groups say is explicitly aimed at making it difficult to give voters in red and purple states direct say over major issues such as abortion rights.
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Ballot measures saved abortion rights in the wake of Roe — now they’re in danger
But the opportunity window to use ballot measures to codify abortion rights is already closing, unless we take urgent action. Anti-abortion conservatives are not only trying to limit abortion by passing cruel and extreme bans through gerrymandered legislatures, they are working to eliminate the use of citizen-led ballot measures entirely — denying voters the ability to decide this issue themselves.
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How Republicans are trying to block voters from having a say on abortion
“The instinct from conservative lawmakers to make it harder for their voters to decide on the core issues that matter to them most is fundamentally an assault on voting rights,” says Kelly Hall, the executive director of the Fairness Project, an organization that supports progressive ballot initiatives in red and purple states. “Those lawmakers know their ideological views are out of sync with their voters [and] they are trying to change the rules of the game.”
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