Where abortion is on the ballot in November

Axios ^ | April 5, 2024 | Sareen Habeshian

[MinorityRepublican]

Florida this week joined other states that have successfully, or are aiming to, put abortion on the ballot for voters in November — a winning issue for Democrats in the post-Roe era.

The big picture: The Florida Supreme Court's tumultuous rulings on abortion have posed enormous questions for the future of access in the South, as the U.S. has shifted to a scattershot model of bans and protections since 2022.

The Florida situation — where women will face a six-week ban starting May 1 through at least year's end — is a post-Dobbs novelty in its own right.

"We haven't seen this setup yet in which people will be living under a very strict abortion law and then head to the polls to vote on essentially overturning that," Laurie Sobel, associate director of women's health policy at KFF, told Axios.

At least 11 other states have either greenlighted or are seeking to approve ballot questions on abortion. Iowa, Pennsylvania and Maine also have attempted to get abortion measures on ballots, but hurdles make it unlikely.

[Singermom]

Just tell them they can murder their babies and get that off the ballot. Once we can get politicians in who will save the country THEN we can talk abt abortion.

lET’S PUT SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT THAT SAYS YOU KILL YOUR BABY WE KILL YOU.

[rexthecat]

LET’S PUT SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT THAT SAYS YOU KILL YOUR BABY WE KILL YOU.

That's pretty harsh Singermom. Last time I checked threats weren't a good idea on the Internet.

[MinorityRepublican]

That's pretty harsh Singermom. Last time I checked threats weren't a good idea on the Internet.

Good point.

[CatOwner]

I figure they’ll do this in Texas just in time for their 2026 gubernatorial election.

[fluffy]

What’s harsh about it? The death penalty for murder isn’t exactly unheard of.

[Jacquerie]

Legalization of grass and killing babies.

The rats know how to turn out their sick base.

Thank Scotus for the horrid coarsening of American society.

How I despise direct democracy.

[FlingWingFlyer]

What if all the Wetback Rio Grande waders are only coming here for taxpayer subsidized abortions?

[MinorityRepublican]

How I despise direct democracy.

I'm not a fan of direct democracy. California is the worst because it requires 50% to pass a referendum.

abut if their states allow it, we have to give the people what they want.

[KC_Conspirator]

The economy and illegal aliens are what most people are worried about EXCEPT for brainwashed liberal women who will vote over this over everything else, including their own safety and health.

[Wallace T.]

To amend the Texas Constitution, you need the approval of the Legislature before it is submitted to the voters. The 2015 Legislature is probably going to be more conservative than its predecessor because several RINOs were defeated in the primary. In the short run, Texas abortion laws are unlikely to change for the worse.

[willk]

I was driving around the parking lot at a Home Depot in Reno today when I saw a guy walking up to people asking them to sign a petition to get it on the ballot. His sign said protect women’s reproductive rights. He must have been getting a lot of hell because he was gone when I came out of the store. What is the Trump Team and RNC going to do about this? We need some good campaign commercials showing people how the DNC and Biden are trying to buy votes with abortion and student loan payoffs.

[MinorityRepublican]

I was driving around the parking lot at a Home Depot in Reno today when I saw a guy walking up to people asking them to sign a petition to get it on the ballot.

Home Depot? Should have gone to Target instead.

[MinorityRepublican]

To amend the Texas Constitution, you need the approval of the Legislature before it is submitted to the voters.

The State Constitution in Texas is sound. Same with North Carolina. So you can't just do a referendum in those states.

[Texan5]

Highly unlikely-as another poster said, the Texas constitution can’t be amended just on a whim-and several of the RINOs who would do that got primaried, so...