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The campaign, supported by the Fairness Project, submitted over 380,000 signatures to qualify their constitutional amendment, which would overturn the active ban on abortion in Missouri that is among the strictest in the country.
Today, the Fairness Project released a new report, Ballot Measure Attacks in 2024, outlining the state of threats to direct democracy and active legislation designed to prevent voters from having a say at the ballot box.
PPAMT is one of the main organizations backing Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights, the committee sponsoring Constitutional Initiative 128. Other partners include the ACLU of Montana, Forward Montana and the Fairness Project.
Today, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights officially launched their signature collection drive to put abortion on the ballot this November.
Nearly a dozen states are poised to put abortion on the ballot in 2024, with recent court decisions raising the stakes for abortion access across the country.
“They are coming up with new tricks,” Kelly Hall said of the Missouri proposals, a trend she attributes to voters rejecting straightforward attempts to raise the ballot initiative vote threshold from a majority to 60 percent in Arkansas, Ohio and South Dakota over the last two years. “There’s a new creativity that we’re seeing."
Today, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled to uphold an abortion ban from 1864, outlawing virtually all abortions in the state and allowing medical professionals who perform abortions to be prosecuted and imprisoned.
“The Florida Supreme Court’s decision to allow voters to decide on abortion is fantastic news for the movement to defend and expand reproductive rights using ballot measures. The dedication Floridians Protecting Freedom has shown to fight for abortion rights is remarkable and inspiring, and the Fairness Project congratulates them on this victory."
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