Nevada verifies enough signatures to put constitutional amendment for abortion rights on ballot

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RENO, Nev. (AP) — A ballot question to enshrine Nevada’s abortion rights in the state constitution has met all of the requirements to appear in front of voters in November, the Nevada Secretary of State’s office announced Friday.

RENO, Nev. — A ballot question to enshrine Nevada’s abortion rights in the state constitution has met all of the requirements to appear in front of voters in November, the Nevada Secretary of State’s office announced Friday., the landmark 1973 court decision establishing a nationwide right to abortion. Nevada voters in 1990 made abortion legal up to 24 weeks, but a state law is easier to pass and more vulnerable to change than the constitutional protection organizers are seeking.

The Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848.The organization held a news conference Monday, which marked two years after the Dobbs decision overturned the national right to abortion, to promote the petition and unveil a letter signed by medical professionals in support.

“We can’t take anything for granted in a post-Dobbs world and that’s why we are really doubling down on the protections we have in statute currently,” said Lindsey Harmon, the group’s president.on November’s ballot that would amend the state Constitution to require that voters show photo identification at the polls, said David Gibbs, of political action committee Repair the Vote.

 

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