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The other measure backed by the anti-abortion group Protect Women and Children aims to enshrine Nebraska’s current 12-week ban in the state constitution in opposition to the Protect Our Rights ...
Nebraska Initiative 439, officially titled "Nebraska Right to Abortion Initiative", was a proposed constitutional amendment that appeared on the November 5, 2024 ballot in Nebraska. If passed, it would have amended the Nebraska Constitution to establish a right to abortion until fetal viability . [ 1 ]
A proposed amendment to enshrine access to abortion care in the Nebraska Constitution moved closer to appearing on the ballot in November after a coalition of reproductive rights advocates on ...
LINCOLN — Nebraska’s political year in 2024, as in much of the nation, was dominated by abortion politics. The issue influenced ballot initiatives and competitive races. Voters in Nebraska ...
Abortion in Nebraska is mostly illegal after the 12th week of pregnancy. On November 6, 2024, the Prohibit Abortions After the First Trimester Amendment passed with a 55% majority, putting ban into the Nebraska Constitution for abortions after the first trimester. It includes exceptions for rape, incest, and medical emergency, but allows the ...
The Nebraska Constitution is the basic governing document of the U.S. state of Nebraska. All acts of the Nebraska Legislature , the governor , and each governmental agency are subordinate to it. The constitution has been amended 228 times since it was first adopted in 1875, most notably to include the creation of a unicameral legislature.
BELLEVUE, Nebraska — Nebraska voters faced a first-in-the-nation test Tuesday by voting on two competing constitutional amendments on abortion in the same election — and they appeared poised ...
In November 2000, Nebraska's voters approved Initiative Measure 416 by 70%, amending the Nebraska Constitution to prohibit the state from recognizing either same-sex marriage or any other same-sex union. [4] The text of the amendment, which was codified as Article I, section 29, of the Nebraska Constitution, states: