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More abortion ballot measures are set to pass. Then state courts will have their say.

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In Arizona, progressive groups are holding events and knocking on doors to make GOP-appointed state Supreme Court Justices Clint Bolick and Kathryn King the first in state history to lose a retention vote by reminding voters the pair ruled this year to uphold an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions. Read more at Politico

Missouri doctors say they’re tired of seeing people suffer because of the state’s abortion ban

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“Why are we making people choose between their own lives and continuing a pregnancy in a forced birth situation?” ​​It’s the reality for many patients and doctors in red states across the country. Abortion bans have resulted in a mass exodus of obstetricians that’s left thousands of pregnant people without access to care. In Idaho, … Read more

Competing abortion measures can appear on November’s ballot, Nebraska supreme court says

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One of the measures that will be put to voters would enshrine Nebraska’s current abortion ban, which outlaws the procedure past 12 weeks of pregnancy, into the state constitution. The other would amend the state constitution to add the right to abortion up until fetal viability, or at about 24 weeks of pregnancy. Read more … Read more

Dueling abortion amendments will appear on Nebraska’s ballot

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One proposed amendment, known as “Protect the Right to Abortion,” would amend the state’s constitution to say that “all persons shall have a fundamental right to abortion until fetal viability, or when needed to protect the life or health of the pregnant patient.” The other proposed amendment, called the “Protect Women and Children,” bars abortions … Read more

Abortion rights initiative will appear on Missouri’s November ballot

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If approved, the initiative would amend the state’s constitution to establish a right to make decisions about reproductive health care, remove the state’s current restrictions on abortion, allow the regulation of reproductive health care to improve a patient’s health, and require the government not to discriminate against people providing or seeking reproductive health care. Read … Read more

Arizona ballot initiative goes forward, but with biased language in voter pamphlet

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Arizona abortion rights measure cleared for the November ballot The Abortion Access Act would guarantee the right to an abortion up to the point of fetal viability. Read more at 19th News Arizona court rules voter pamphlet can refer to fetus as ‘unborn human being’ An official informational pamphlet for Arizona voters who will decide … Read more

States with abortion rights ballot initiatives coming up

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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. Read more at NBC News Nebraska … Read more