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Montana becomes eighth state with ballot measure seeking to protect abortion rights

  • Montana voters will decide in November on a measure to protect abortion rights in the state constitution, making it the eighth state with such a ballot issue.
  • The Montana Secretary of State’s Office approved Constitutional Initiative 128 for the ballot, as reported by Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights.
  • The measure aims to uphold a 1999 Montana Supreme Court ruling, highlighting concerns from Republican lawmakers after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Roe v. Wade in 2022.
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Daily MontananDaily Montanan

Constitutional protection for abortion to be on November ballot in Montana • Daily Montanan

Montanans calling on the government to protect abortion in state law and stop other bills they say are targeted at people's individual health care rights rallied at the state Capitol in Helena on Friday, April 7, 2023. (Photo by Blair Miller, Daily Montanan)Voters will get to decide whether they want abortion protected in the Montana Constitution. The Montana Secretary of State’s Office approved and certified Constitutional Initiative 128 on Tue…

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Washington ExaminerWashington Examiner

Montana adds abortion rights to November ballot - Washington Examiner

Montana voters will decide on Election Day whether to cement abortion rights in the state’s constitution, according to Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen.  Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights is the committee backing the ballot measure. It has successfully led efforts to secure nearly double the ​​60,039 signatures necessary to place Constitutional Initiative 128 on the ballot this November. Now certified by the state’s top election official…

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Montana becomes 8th state with ballot measure seeking to protect abortion rights

HELENA (AP) — Voters will get to decide in November whether they want to protect the right to an abortion in the constitution of Montana, which on Tuesday became the eighth state to put the issue before the electorate this fall.

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The HillThe Hill

Montana abortion protection measure will be on November ballot

An initiative to protect the right to an abortion in Montana will be on the ballot in November, after the secretary of state officially approved and certified the measure late Tuesday.  Montana will be the eighth state to put an abortion question in front of voters this fall. Abortion protections have won every time they’ve…

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Montana is the latest state to add abortion to November ballots. What would the measures do?

Election officials in Montana certified an abortion rights question for its November ballot and the Arizona Supreme Court turned away a legal challenge, allowing a similar measure to go before voters.

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Montana adds abortion protection to U.S. election ballot

Montana on Tuesday became the latest US state to add abortion rights to the November ballot, allowing its electorate to decide whether they back a constitutional change to protect access to the procedure.Abortion rights have become a key electoral issue and a rallying cry for Democrats since the nationwide right to the procedure was struck down by the conservative-dominated US Supreme Court in 2022.The Montana initiative, if passed, "would prohi…

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