Arkansas abortion rights groups collect enough signatures to advance ballot measure
Passage of the amendment in November would effectively undo the 2022 law.
That outcome, however, faces an uphill climb.
Abortion opponents in the ruby red state have fought the effort to advance the proposed amendment at every turn.
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Nebraska abortion rights groups collect enough signatures to advance ballot measure
Another effort, launched by a group of individual anti-abortion activists, seeks to amend the state constitution by adding a personhood clause stating that “a preborn child at every stage of development is a person.” If passed, that would effectively ban all abortion care and would likely affect fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization. Organizers behind that effort were still gathering signatures ahead of the state’s deadline.
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Arizona proposal to protect abortion rights in state constitution advances
If voters pass the ballot measure, which is officially titled the Arizona Abortion Access Act, it would eliminate the state’s 15-week ban and instead protect the right to an abortion until fetal viability, a benchmark that typically occurs around 24 weeks of pregnancy. It would also allow abortions to take place after fetal viability if a health care professional believes the procedure is necessary to protect a pregnant person’s life or physical or mental health.
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