Hearings on competing Nebraska abortion ballot measures
Nebraska is the only state with two abortion measures on the ballot. Confusion is the point.
“We hear all the time how confusing the two measures are and folks are very afraid of accidentally checking the wrong one,” said Shelley Mann, the executive director of Nebraska Abortion Resources (NEAR), the only statewide abortion fund in Nebraska.
Photos: Hearings on competing Nebraska abortion ballot measures
Hearings take place on competing abortion ballot measures 434 and 439 at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024.
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Ten states have a question on abortion on the ballot this year. However, Nebraska is the only state that has two questions. One opposes abortion, and the other supports abortion rights.Sign up for our NewslettersBut ads from each say the other initiative would put government into the patient-doctor relationship.
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