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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Nebraska’s supreme court ruled that Initiative 439, which would enshrine abortion access up to viability, can be on the ballot along with Initiative 434, a measure that would prohibit abortion after the first trimester.
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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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