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November 6, 2024

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