Fight for abortion rights moves to state ballots

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The battle for abortion access is moving from the courts and legislatures to state ballots: 22 ballot measures addressing reproductive rights are in process for this year.

, set for a vote on Nov. 8, would enact a state constitutional amendment declaring "an individual’s right to personal reproductive autonomy."

In Montana, a ballot measure set to appear on the November ballot would require medical care for "any infant born alive." It would do so by classifying the fetus as a "legal person," with "the right to appropriate and reasonable medical care and treatment." In Michigan, a campaign backed by Planned Parenthood and the ACLU is collecting signatures for a constitutional amendment to establish a state right to reproductive freedom.

 

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We need more women in power

I am so sick of right wing Christian’s forcing their religion onto MY reproductive choices. Read the first amendment! MY beliefs get to guide my decisions about when life begins and about what I chose to do with MY body!

“Twenty ballot measures addressing reproductive rights are in process for this year…” Claims of an unbiased media are clearly bogus when articles about abortion declare the legislatures as “reproductive rights.”

How enraging is it that women must constantly fight for bodily autonomy, privacy, and reproductive rights?

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