In the post-Roe environment, this is not good news for Republicans. Abortion is on the ballot in both battleground states, Arizona and Montana, and Democratic Sen. Jon Tester needs all the help he can get to win close elections.
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday He rejected challenges from anti-abortion activists. Arizona has passed a new signature measure to add to the Arizona Abortion Access Act, also known as Proposition 139. The measure “gained a record number of signatures to be placed on the November ballot, with just under 578,000 verified as valid last week – well above the 383,923 needed to propose an amendment to the Arizona Constitution.”
Anti-abortion activists (who misleadingly call themselves “right to life” when this does not apply to the lives of women and girls) argued, as if that didn’t matter, that voters were not informed that this would void existing abortion laws, including the current ban at 15 weeks of pregnancy, but the judge ruled it “entirely accurate.”
Indeed, if passed, the bill would be a setback for anti-abortion activists: “The bill guarantees access to abortion until the fetus is viable (generally considered to be about 24 weeks), and allows exceptions beyond that period if a health care provider determines the procedure is necessary to protect the woman’s life, physical, or mental health. It also prohibits state laws from denying, impeding, or restricting a woman’s right to an abortion unless the state has a compelling interest that is rooted in evidence-based decision-making and does not infringe on a woman’s autonomy.”
In other words, abortion is medical care, and medical care is best decided by professionals and individuals.
Abortion will also be on the Montana ballot in November, the Secretary of State’s office said Tuesday. Intention It’s on the ballot. Montana voters will have the opportunity to enshrine the right to medical freedom in our state constitution.
“Montana’s bill seeks to entrench a 1999 Montana Supreme Court ruling that held that a constitutional right to privacy protects a patient’s right to a pre-viable abortion by a health care provider at their choice – a ruling that Republican lawmakers are seeking to overturn, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, leaving the issue of abortion up to the states,” the bill states. AP It was reported late Tuesday night.
The abortion bill could boost the approval ratings of Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, who has trailed his Republican opponent, Tim Sheehy. Until the latest poll week.
This brings the number of states with abortion on the ballot in November to eight, and the Associated Press also reported that a bill is pending in Nebraska and that a “protective” measure banning discrimination regarding reproductive health care is on the ballot in New York, though it does not specifically mention abortion.
Every time the issue of medical freedom has come before voters, it has been won, even in Republican-leaning states like Ohio and Kentucky. Great effort is being expended not only to gather signatures on these bills, but also to fight in court anti-abortion activists who seek to overturn the will of the voters at every turn and impose their beliefs on the general public.
Medical freedom is an individual human right, and no matter what the medical issue, someone else’s religious beliefs should not affect how a doctor treats you.
Upcoming states that will have abortion on the ballot are Arizona, Montana, South Dakota, Nevada, Colorado, Missouri, Maryland and Florida.
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