Nebraska to Hold Ballot Measures on Abortion Rights and Marijuana
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nebraska to Hold Ballot Measures on Abortion Rights and Marijuana

Associated Press  

Nebraska will have a record number of ballot measures on the ballot Tuesday, including two competing ones that address abortion rights. Initiative 434 would enshrine in the state constitution Nebraska’s current 12-week abortion ban, while Initiative 439 would amend the constitution to guarantee the right to have an abortion until viability.

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"People are scared": Activists brace for "unprecedented assault on human rights" under Trump
1 month, 1 week ago

"People are scared": Activists brace for "unprecedented assault on human rights" under Trump

Salon  

In the week since President-elect Donald Trump's victory, the transgender rights organization Advocates for Trans Equality has seen an uptick in the number of community members reaching out in search of resources. Outrage against the Biden administration's handling of Israel's retaliatory invasion of Gaza simultaneously spawned nationwide protests, some of which disrupted Biden and Harris campaign stops, and the anti-war …

Abortion opponents prepare to undermine just-passed ballot measures
1 month, 1 week ago

Abortion opponents prepare to undermine just-passed ballot measures

Politico  

While President-elect Donald Trump and other Republicans campaigned on a promise to leave abortion policy to the states, Students for Life is lobbying allies on Capitol Hill to ban telehealth prescriptions of abortion pills and slash funding for colleges and universities that provide abortion pills through student health centers. “The federal government has a sacred duty to protect the right …

Abortion Rights Initiatives Keep Winning. It Might Not Matter.
54 years, 11 months ago

Abortion Rights Initiatives Keep Winning. It Might Not Matter.

Slate  

One of the rare bright spots for Democrats on Tuesday was the continued success of ballot initiatives on abortion rights. Having dueling ballot measures may have been confusing, and in a red state like Nebraska, a law permitting abortion until 12 weeks might have struck much of the electorate as reasonable. The group promoting the state’s ballot measure deliberately tailored …

States’ Abortion Rights Wins May Be Short-Lived Under a Second Trump Term
54 years, 11 months ago

States’ Abortion Rights Wins May Be Short-Lived Under a Second Trump Term

Wired  

When the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, it ended the constitutional right to have an abortion and returned the ability to regulate the procedure to the states. Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and New York passed referendums upholding abortion rights, while measures to restore or expand access failed in Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota. …

The Majority Of States' Abortion Rights Amendments Won
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Majority Of States' Abortion Rights Amendments Won

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Nearly everywhere abortion was on the ballot, Americans voted to protect it. A slim majority of Nebraska voters supported an anti-abortion amendment to codify the state’s current 12-week abortion ban, beating out the state’s competing abortion rights measure. “.A bipartisan group of voters today sent a clear message to the Florida legislature.” Despite 7 out of 10 …

Nebraska voters opt to keep 12-week abortion ban in place
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nebraska voters opt to keep 12-week abortion ban in place

NPR  

Nebraska voters opt to keep 12-week abortion ban in place toggle caption Bonnie Ryan/FR172075 AP OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska voters chose to back the state’s 12-week abortion ban over a competing proposal to allow abortion until fetal viability, according to a call by the Associated Press. While voters passed the amendment for the 12-week ban, they defeated the one allowing …

Anti-abortion forces broke the left’s post-Roe winning streak, but seven more states enacted protections
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Anti-abortion forces broke the left’s post-Roe winning streak, but seven more states enacted protections

Politico  

Many of the measures won — and in Florida, came close to winning — despite widespread efforts by GOP state officials, Republican-appointed judges and anti-abortion advocacy groups to prevent them from passing or from reaching the ballot, using legislation, lawsuits and public pressure campaigns. “This won’t be the last time Missourians vote on so-called ‘reproductive rights,’” said GOP state Sen. …

How Ballot Measures Will Change Abortion Access
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How Ballot Measures Will Change Abortion Access

New York Times  

How abortion rights measures fared Passed Failed How Ballot Measures Will Change Abortion Access Abortion rights found support at the ballot box in seven states on Tuesday, expanding access in already legal states and lifting bans in two others. How abortion laws will change Full ban 6-week ban Other limit Legal Missouri Current: Full ban Arizona 15-week ban Colorado No …

Nebraska's Abortion Ballot Measures Face a Showdown in the 2024 Election
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nebraska's Abortion Ballot Measures Face a Showdown in the 2024 Election

CNN  

More than two dozen states are holding elections in 2024 to determine whether to protect reproductive rights in their state constitutions. Reproductive health advocates are confident that they have voter sentiment on their side, with every measure aimed at protecting access having passed in states that have already held a popular vote on abortion rights since Roe v. Wade was …

Abortion rights: How states voted on ballot initiatives
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Abortion rights: How states voted on ballot initiatives

NPR  

Abortion rights: How states voted on ballot initiatives toggle caption Angela Weiss/Getty Images This story originally appeared as part of NPR's live coverage of the 2024 election. Voters in Missouri have overturned their state's near-total abortion ban, while similar ballot measures in Florida and South Dakota failed to secure enough votes, keeping abortion restrictions in place. The ballot initiative presented …

Florida rejects marijuana legalization measure, other states still pending
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Florida rejects marijuana legalization measure, other states still pending

Salon  

On Nov. 5, voters in four red states will cast their ballots for legalizing cannabis and marijuana, the extracts from the plant. “It’s certainly not crazy to think you might see some other very conservative Southern states follow along, if Florida adopts it.” North Dakota: Measure 5 In North Dakota, advocates are hoping the third time's a charm in legalizing …

A record number of states are voting on women’s bodily autonomy. How did it come to this?
2 months ago

A record number of states are voting on women’s bodily autonomy. How did it come to this?

The Independent  

As Americans prepare to cast their ballots in a historic presidential election, a record number of voters will determine the future of abortion access in their home states. In Florida, where abortion is banned after six weeks gestation — before many people even know they’re pregnant — voters will decide on Amendment 4, which if passed will prohibit the government …

There Are More Abortion Rights Ballot Measures Than Ever Before
2 months, 1 week ago

There Are More Abortion Rights Ballot Measures Than Ever Before

Huff Post  

Eleven abortion referendums will be in front of voters in 10 states this Election Day — the largest number of pro-choice amendments the country has ever seen during a single election cycle. Missouri’s Amendment 3 would restore abortion access until viability and protect women from being prosecuted for pregnancy outcomes like miscarriage and stillbirth — a particularly progressive measure in …

Nebraska ballot will include competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights, top court rules
3 months, 1 week ago

Nebraska ballot will include competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights, top court rules

Associated Press  

The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that competing measures that would expand or limit abortion rights can appear on the November ballot. Today, their plans failed.” Matt Heffron, an attorney with the conservative Thomas More Society, which challenged the measure to expand abortion rights, called the court’s ruling “deeply concerning” and said the group fears that if the measure passes, …

The GOP’s New Tactic to Block Abortion Votes Is Startlingly Successful
3 months, 1 week ago

The GOP’s New Tactic to Block Abortion Votes Is Startlingly Successful

Slate  

Conservatives have once again turned to the courts to keep people from voting on reproductive rights. The anti-abortion plaintiffs argued that Missouri’s Amendment 3, which protects the right to make decisions about reproductive health care, covers more than one subject. The anti-abortion plaintiffs contend that the abortion-rights ballot measure covers more than one subject because it addresses a right to …

Abortion rights questions are on ballots in 9 states. Will they tilt elections?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Abortion rights questions are on ballots in 9 states. Will they tilt elections?

Associated Press  

Ballot measures on abortion access could attract voters to polls in November who otherwise might sit out the election — and even a small number of additional voters could make a difference in close races for offices from the state legislature to president. “It’s pretty hard to cast a ballot in favor of an abortion rights initiative and turn around …

Nebraska Supreme Court will hear lawsuit challenging measure to expand abortion rights
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nebraska Supreme Court will hear lawsuit challenging measure to expand abortion rights

Associated Press  

— The Nebraska Supreme Court has agreed to expedite a hearing on a lawsuit that could keep voters from deciding whether to expand abortion rights in the state. “And it’s without any sort of regulation from the state at all.” Backers of the initiative to expand abortion rights have asked the court for the chance to defend their proposal, which …

Nebraska Supreme Court will hear lawsuit challenging measure to expand abortion rights
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nebraska Supreme Court will hear lawsuit challenging measure to expand abortion rights

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Nebraska Supreme Court has …

Competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights will appear on Nebraska’s November ballot
4 months ago

Competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights will appear on Nebraska’s November ballot

Associated Press  

— Nebraska voters will choose between two competing abortion measures to either expand abortion rights or limit them to the current 12-week ban — a development likely to drive more voters to the polls in a state that could see one of its five electoral votes up for grabs in the hotly contested presidential race. Nebraska Secretary of State Bob …

Understanding Nebraska’s dueling abortion initiatives
4 months ago

Understanding Nebraska’s dueling abortion initiatives

NPR  

Understanding Nebraska’s dueling abortion initiatives Nebraska voters will face two competing abortion question on the ballot this fall - one in favor of expanding abortion access and another that limits it to the current 12 weeks of pregnancy. Today, the Nebraska Secretary of State confirmed that two petition efforts collected enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Right …

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion

Associated Press  

— A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit gender-affirming health care for minors does not violate a state constitutional amendment requiring bills to stick to a single subject, a majority of the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday. The state’s high court acknowledged in its ruling that abortion and gender-affirming care “are distinct types of medical …

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion

LA Times  

Activists at the Nebraska state Capitol in Lincoln protest a bill last year that combined proposed restriction on abortion and gender-affirming care for people under 19. A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit gender-affirming healthcare for minors does not violate a state constitutional amendment requiring bills to stick to a single subject, a majority of …

What to know about legal battles on details of abortion rights ballot measures across US
5 months, 1 week ago

What to know about legal battles on details of abortion rights ballot measures across US

Associated Press  

Abortion access ballot measures are the center of a new wave of legal and procedural questions across the U.S. In Arizona, election officials are still verifying whether there are enough valid signatures to add a measure protecting abortion rights to the ballot. The organizations behind two Montana ballot measures — including one to ensure abortion rights — this week sued …

Abortion measures could be on Arizona and Nebraska ballots after organizers submit signatures
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Abortion measures could be on Arizona and Nebraska ballots after organizers submit signatures

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Organizers in Arizona and Nebraska said Wednesday that they turned in far more signatures than required to get ballot measures on abortion rights before voters in November’s election. “In an abundance of caution, we just wanted to make sure that the voters’ signatures are safe.” Arizona for Abortion Access spokesperson Dawn Penich said it was the most signatures …

The anti-abortion movement is making a big play to thwart citizen initiatives on reproductive rights
6 months, 1 week ago

The anti-abortion movement is making a big play to thwart citizen initiatives on reproductive rights

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Reeling from a string of defeats, anti-abortion groups and their Republican allies in state governments are using an array of strategies to counter proposed ballot initiatives intended to protect reproductive rights or prevent voters from having a say in the fall elections. “They’re using everything they can to prevent a vote on this issue.” An Arkansas “Decline to …

Voters in 10 states are deciding whether to strengthen access to abortion
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Voters in 10 states are deciding whether to strengthen access to abortion

NPR  

Voters in 10 states are deciding whether to strengthen access to abortion The national map for abortion access could be about to change as voters in 10 states, with a combined population of more than 75 million people, decide whether to put protections for reproductive rights into their state constitutions. — Scott Maucione New York The proposed amendment that could …

An abortion rights initiative in South Dakota receives enough signatures to make the ballot
7 months, 3 weeks ago

An abortion rights initiative in South Dakota receives enough signatures to make the ballot

Associated Press  

Supporters of a South Dakota abortion rights initiative submitted far more signatures than required Wednesday to make the ballot this fall. “Women that get raped, victims of incest, women carrying nonviable or problem pregnancies have zero options.” Weiland said the ballot measure is based on Roe v. Wade, which had established a nationwide right to abortion. The initiative would allow …

Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?
8 months, 1 week ago

Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

Associated Press  

Voters in both Colorado and South Dakota will have a say on abortion rights this fall after supporters collected enough valid signatures to put measures on the ballot, part of a national push to pose abortion rights questions to voters since the U.S. Supreme Court removed the nationwide right to abortion. The Colorado measure officially made the ballot Friday, and …

GOP lawmakers try to thwart abortion rights ballot initiative in South Dakota
10 months ago

GOP lawmakers try to thwart abortion rights ballot initiative in South Dakota

Associated Press  

— South Dakota’s Republican-led Legislature is trying to thwart a proposed ballot initiative that would enable voters to protect abortion rights in the state constitution. If voters approve it, the three-paragraph addition to the South Dakota Constitution would ban the state from regulating abortion in the first trimester and allow regulations for the second trimester “only in ways that are …

Emboldened by success in other red states, effort launched to protect abortion rights in Nebraska
1 year, 1 month ago

Emboldened by success in other red states, effort launched to protect abortion rights in Nebraska

Associated Press  

— An effort to enshrine abortion rights in the Nebraska Constitution is being launched, following on the heels of successful efforts in other red states where Republicans had enacted or sought abortion restrictions. That’s proving consistent in other states where voters have backed abortion rights — including in Ohio, where voters last week resoundingly approved an amendment to the state …

After Ohio vote, advocates in a dozen states are trying to put abortion on 2024 ballots
1 year, 1 month ago

After Ohio vote, advocates in a dozen states are trying to put abortion on 2024 ballots

Associated Press  

After Ohio voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment protecting the right to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care, advocates on both sides of the issue are looking at how they can get support on 2024 ballots in at least a dozen states. ___ IOWA Both chambers of the Republican-controlled legislature have approved an amendment that would declare …

AP Election Brief | What to expect when Ohio votes on abortion and marijuana
1 year, 1 month ago

AP Election Brief | What to expect when Ohio votes on abortion and marijuana

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For the second time in three months, the national debate over reproductive rights focuses on Ohio as voters decide Tuesday whether to amend the state Constitution to protect access to abortion services. The proposed state constitutional amendment, labeled “Issue 1” on the ballot, would establish the right to “make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions” on matters …

An Ohio ballot measure seeks to protect abortion access. Opponents’ messaging is on parental rights
1 year, 3 months ago

An Ohio ballot measure seeks to protect abortion access. Opponents’ messaging is on parental rights

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The wording of a proposed constitutional amendment on Ohio’s fall ballot to ensure abortion rights seems straightforward: It would enshrine the right “to make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions.” Yet as the campaigning for and against the nation’s latest tug-of-war over abortion begins in earnest this weekend, voters are getting a different message from the …

Nebraska governor signs 12-week abortion ban, limits on gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 7 months ago

Nebraska governor signs 12-week abortion ban, limits on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

— Republican Nebraska Gov. “Just as we have seen in other states, these bans will result in significant harm, most intensely hurting already vulnerable communities.” Nebraska had not passed a new abortion ban since 2010, when it became the first state to limit the procedure at around 20 weeks of pregnancy. Planned Parenthood, which operates two of Nebraska’s three abortion …

Nebraska governor signs 12-week abortion ban, limits on gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 7 months ago

Nebraska governor signs 12-week abortion ban, limits on gender-affirming care for minors

LA Times  

Protesters of a bill that would limit gender-affirming care for trans youth gather outside the legislative chamber Friday in Lincoln, Neb. The head of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska, Mindy Rush Chipman, said in a statement that “every option is on the table to undo these regressive measures.” Politics Voters reject abortion bans. “Just as we have seen …

Nebraska lawmakers pass 12-week abortion ban, restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 7 months ago

Nebraska lawmakers pass 12-week abortion ban, restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

— The Nebraska Legislature on Friday approved a 12-week abortion ban and restrictions on gender-affirming care for people younger than 19 in a move so contentious that lawmakers on both sides have said they may be unable to work together in the future. Hundreds of businesses and medical professionals signed letters warning that both the abortion ban and the trans …

Nebraska lawmakers taking up debate on abortion restrictions
1 year, 8 months ago

Nebraska lawmakers taking up debate on abortion restrictions

The Independent  

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Anti-abortion allies change tactics after post-Roe defeats
1 year, 9 months ago

Anti-abortion allies change tactics after post-Roe defeats

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republicans and their anti-abortion allies, who suffered a series of defeats in ballot questions in states across the political spectrum last year, are changing tactics as new legislative sessions and the new election season start. “We realized that if the referendum turns on the left’s arguments that ‘these pro-lifers are trying to outlaw abortion,’ we’re going to …

New push to restrict abortions to be introduced in Nebraska
1 year, 11 months ago

New push to restrict abortions to be introduced in Nebraska

Associated Press  

— A Nebraska lawmaker who State Sen. Joni Albrecht, of Thurston, announced at a news conference that she would introduce the bill Thursday or Friday. “For many Nebraskans in need of abortion care, this ban would have the exact same effect as a total ban because many people do not know they are pregnant at the point when this proposed …

Nebraska struggling to OK ban despite anti-abortion history
2 years, 1 month ago

Nebraska struggling to OK ban despite anti-abortion history

Associated Press  

— Nebraska Republicans are expected to dominate as usual at the polls in November and retain control of the officially nonpartisan Legislature. “Whether we like it or not, Nebraska is now a destination state for abortion,” said David Zebolsky, chairman of Nebraskans Embracing Life. “We’re supporting strong pro-life legislative candidates in the November election to change that.” Even with Republicans …

Nebraska won’t hold special legislative session on abortion
2 years, 4 months ago

Nebraska won’t hold special legislative session on abortion

Associated Press  

Pete Ricketts announced Monday that he will not call a special legislative session to try to enact a 12-week abortion ban because the measure doesn’t have enough votes to break a filibuster. During the Legislature’s regular session, opponents successfully filibustered a proposed “trigger law” that would have seen Nebraska outlaw abortion once the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 …

Uncertainty looms over possible Nebraska abortion session
2 years, 5 months ago

Uncertainty looms over possible Nebraska abortion session

Associated Press  

— Nebraska could be headed to a special session to try to ban abortions now that the U.S. Supreme Court has given states that power, but it’s unclear whether one will actually happen or what type of restrictions might win enough support to pass. Pete Ricketts was noncommittal Tuesday when asked if he planned to call a special session, saying …

Abortion rights backers block ‘trigger’ law in Nebraska
2 years, 8 months ago

Abortion rights backers block ‘trigger’ law in Nebraska

Associated Press  

— Abortion rights proponents scored a surprising victory in Nebraska by derailing a bill that would have automatically outlawed abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturns its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized the procedure throughout the country. More than a dozen other conservative states have passed similar measures already, but abortion rights backers in Nebraska managed to …

Nebraska court strips medical marijuana measure from ballot
4 years, 3 months ago

Nebraska court strips medical marijuana measure from ballot

Associated Press  

— Nebraska voters won’t get the chance to legalize medical marijuana this year after the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the measure set to appear on the November ballot is unconstitutional. Justices concluded that the medical marijuana proposal violated Nebraska’s “single subject rule” for ballot measures, which bars activists from bunching multiple issues into a single yes-or-no question for …

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