Arizona abortion rights advocates submit double the signatures needed to put constitutional amendment on ballot
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Organizers with Arizona for Abortion Access said they submitted more than 823,000 signatures supporting a ballot initiative that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
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Organizers with Arizona for Abortion Access said they submitted more than 823,000 signatures supporting a ballot initiative that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
Pro-choice advocates are set to deliver about 800,000 petition signatures Wednesday in hopes of getting the Arizona abortion rights issue on the November general election ballot. Organizers said 383,923 valid
During Wednesday's press conference, they said that they have 822,460 petition signatures to deliver to state lawmakers at the State House in Phoenix in hopes of getting the abortion rights issued on Arizona's general election ballot in November.
Arizona abortion-rights supporters on Wednesday turned in more than double the signatures needed to put the issue on November's ballot in the key swing state.
A proposed amendment to enshrine access to abortion care in Nebraska’s constitution moved closer to appearing on the ballot in November after a coalition of reproductive rights advocates on Wednesday submitted the required number of valid signatures to state officials.
The measure would allow abortions without conditions through the time a fetus is considered viable. That is generally considered between 22 and 24 weeks.
Organizers say they submitted far above the 383,923 required from registered voters. The measure would add an amendment to the state constitution providing a fundamental right to an abortion if voters approve it.
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