Nebraska Confuses Voters With Dueling Abortion Ballot Measures

Nov. 1, 2024, 9:34 AM UTC

Nebraskans wander around Centerfest, an artsy Omaha festival, clad in camo “Harris-Walz” and “repeal racism” hats. Then they get to the table with flyers telling them how to vote if they favor abortion rights.

They all seem to say the same thing: “It’s confusing.”

Nebraska law bans abortions after 12 weeks. An effort to create a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability, or roughly 24 weeks into pregnancy (Initiative 439) is on Tuesday’s ballot. So is a counter-proposal to both keep the 12-week limit and enshrine it in the state constitution (Initiative 434).

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