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Nebraska ballot can include competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights, high court rules
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The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that competing measures that would expand or limit abortion rights can appear on the November ballot. The high court’s ruling Friday came days after it heard arguments in three lawsuits that sought to keep one or both of the state’s competing abortion initiatives…
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Whether Nebraskans will be able to vote on ballot measures to either expand or restrict abortion rights in the state hinges on the state's single-subject rule and whether the language used in the ballot measures complies with it.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With ballot deadlines approaching, courts in Nebraska and Missouri are weighing legal arguments that could take measures seeking to expand abortion rights out of the hands of voters.
The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that competing measures that would expand or limit abortion rights can appear on the November ballot. The high court’s ruling Friday came days after it heard arguments in three lawsuits that sought to keep one or both of the state’s competing abortion initiatives…
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that competing measures that would expand or limit abortion rights can appear on the November ballot. The high court’s ruling came days after it heard arguments in three lawsuits that sought to keep one or both of the competing abortion initiatives off the Nov…
Neither of the two conflicting ballot initiatives violate the state constitution's single-subject rule and can therefore stay on the ballot, the Nebraska Supreme Court determined.
While former President Trump has stated that overturning Roe v. Wade turned the decision of abortion back to states and “the people are now deciding,” it is a complicated political and legal road to get citizen-initiated abortion measures on the ballot.
