Abortion rights measures will be on November ballots in Missouri and Arizona
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Voters in Missouri and Arizona will decide whether to enshrine abortion protections in their state constitutions this November after proposed amendments qualified this week to appear on the ballots.
Voters in Missouri and Arizona will decide whether to enshrine abortion protections in their state constitutions this November after proposed amendments qualified this week to appear on the states’ ballots. Missouri voters will consider a statewide constitutional amendment that would “establish a right to make decisions about reproductive health care, including abortion and contraceptives” and remove the state’s ban on abortion, which has no exceptions for rape or incest. The ballot initiative would still allow abortion to be restricted after fetal viability, according to a Tuesday news release from Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft. Rachel Sweet, the campaign manager for Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, which gathered signatures to place the initiative on the ballot, called the move “a major step forward for our campaign and for Missourians.” The Missouri initiative is one of a number of similar measures that will appear on various state ballots, including Florida, Nevada, New York and Arizona, where a proposed state constitutional amendment that would establish a “fundamental right to abortion” qualified for the November ballot on Monday. Similar constitutional amendments have been successful on other ballots around the country in Republican-dominated states, including Kansas and Ohio. The Arizona Abortion Access Act received 577,971 certified signatures, the Arizona secretary of state’s office said Monday – nearly 200,000 more than required to appear on the November ballot.
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