In November, Arizona and Montana voters will reportedly now be able to determine whether they wish to enshrine abortion in their respective state constitutions.
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a 200-word summary that abortion advocates used to collect signatures for a ballot measure is valid, thereby allowing the issue to remain on the ballot.
The constitutional initiative for the November ballot in Montana was certified by Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen on Tuesday.
Abortions would be permissible until fetal viability, which is the point at which an embryo can survive outside the womb, typically around 24 weeks, under both proposals.
In Arizona, there are certain exceptions to the prohibition of post-viability abortions in order to preserve the mother’s life or the mother’s physical or mental health.
Montana’s legislation permits abortions at a later date if they are necessary to safeguard the mother’s life or health.
Montana’s initiative would incorporate a 1999 state Supreme Court judgment that determined the constitutional right to privacy encompasses the right of a patient to receive an abortion from a provider of their choosing into the state constitution.
Republican legislators introduced legislation that implemented restrictions on abortion rights, prompting supporters to advocate for their preservation.
The abortion measures that will be decided by voters in over half a dozen states this autumn.
The 2022 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the nationwide right to abortion, which incited a national movement to get voters to move to directly legalize it on a state by state basis.
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