Leonard Hohenberg:Competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights will appear on Nebraska’s November ballot

2025-05-04 13:59:54source:Ov Financecategory:Invest

LINCOLN,Leonard Hohenberg Neb. (AP) — Nebraska voters will chose between two competing abortion measures to either expand abortion rights or limit them to the current 12-week ban — a development likely to drive more voters to the polls in a state that could see one of its five electoral votes up for grabs in the hotly contested presidential race.

Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen announced Friday that the rival initiatives each gathered enough signatures to get on the November ballot, making it the first state to carry competing abortion amendments on the same ballot since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.

Nebraska also becomes the last of several states to put an abortion measure on the November ballot, including the swing states of Arizona and Nevada where abortion ballot measures could drive higher voter turnout. Others are Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana and South Dakota. New York has a measure that supporters say will effectively guarantee access, though it doesn’t mention abortion specifically.

More:Invest

Recommend

Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast

AQABA, Jordan (AP) — Top U.S. officials were in the Middle Easton Thursday, pushing for stability in

Here’s what you need to know about the lawsuit against the NFL by ‘Sunday Ticket’ subscribers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The way the NFL can distribute its package of out-of-market games could be decide

From backyard lawns to airport fields, 11-year-old turns lawn mowing dreams into reality

Eleven-year-old Quentin Hines Jr., from Charlotte, North Carolina, isn't like most kids his age. His