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Voters in 7 States Approve Abortion Rights Measures; 3 Others Fail

HeadlineNov 06, 2024

Historic ballot measures enshrining the right to an abortion passed in seven states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Montana, Maryland, New York and Missouri, where voters backed a measure that will overturn one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation that prohibits the procedure even in cases of rape and incest. Missouri was the first state to enact an abortion ban after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. In Arizona, voters approved Prop 139 by a landslide, establishing a fundamental right to abortion and prohibiting state officials from restricting or banning the procedure before 24 weeks of pregnancy. Similar ballot proposals failed in three states: South Dakota, Nebraska and Florida, where a measure that would have rolled back the state’s six-week abortion ban garnered over 57% of the votes, just short of the 60% needed to pass.

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