Nebraska Supreme Court lets ‘intentionally deceptive’ pro-abortion measure stay on ballot – liveaction.org
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The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that a pro-abortion ballot measure that would enshrine the “right” to abortion in the state’s constitution can go before voters this November.
At issue was the “Protect Our Rights” amendment, which stipulates that “all persons shall have a fundamental right to abortion until fetal viability, or when needed to protect the life or health of the pregnant patient.” The Thomas More Society had filed a lawsuit against this ballot initiative, arguing that it used “remarkably misleading terms” and was “unconstitutionally riddled with separate subjects.”
In its ruling, the court determined that the amendment initiative “has a singleness of subject” and therefore does not violate the separate subjects rule.
“The fact that the drafters of the initiative have made certain choices regarding the specific limits, parameters, and definitions does not mean that each such provision is a separate subject,” Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman wrote for the court in its unanimous decision.
