Nebraska Right to Abortion Initiative is a proposed constitutional amendment that will appear on the November 5, 2024 ballot in Nebraska. If passed, it would amend the Nebraska Constitution to establish a right to abortion until fetal viability.[1]
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Background
editIn May 2023, Nebraska enacted a law banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions for cases of rape, incest, and to save the life of the pregnant person.[2] This law replaced the previous 20-week abortion ban.[3]
A November 2022 Hart Research poll found that 59% of Nebraskans opposed further abortion restrictions, with 48% strongly opposed, while only 36% supported additional bans, revealing increased support for abortion rights across both rural and urban areas and all congressional districts compared to earlier polling[4].
In response to this new restriction, citizens began a petition drive to place a constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot that would protect abortion rights in Nebraska.
Ballot measure
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editSee also: Abortion in Nebraska
The proposed amendment would add the following text to Article I of the Nebraska Constitution:
"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, without interference from the state or its political subdivisions. Fetal viability means the point in pregnancy when, in the professional judgment of the patient's treating health care practitioner, there is a significant likelihood of the fetus' sustained survival outside the uterus without the application of extraordinary medical measures."
See also
edit- Abortion in Nebraska
- 2024 United States abortion-related ballot measures
- Initiatives and referendums in the United States
Other abortion referendums
edit- 2022 Kansas abortion referendum
- 2022 California Proposition 1
- 2022 Michigan Proposal 3
- 2022 Vermont Proposal 5
- 2024 Arizona Proposition 139
- 2024 Colorado Initiative Measure 89
- 2024 Florida Amendment 4
- 2024 Maryland Question 1
- 2024 Missouri Amendment 3
- 2024 New York Equal Protection of Law amendment referendum
- 2024 South Dakota Amendment G
References
edit- ^ "Nebraska ballot will include competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights, top court rules". AP News. 2024-09-13. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ "Nebraska". www.asrm.org. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ "Nebraska". Center for Reproductive Rights. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ "New Poll Shows Most Nebraskans Oppose More Abortion Bans | ACLU of Nebraska". www.aclunebraska.org. 2022-12-28. Retrieved 2024-09-14.