RELIGION HEADLINES
Written by on October 22, 2024
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(SRN NEWS) – Abortion measures are on the ballot in 10 states after heated debates over terminology and impact — and that’s just in English. In many places where English isn’t the primary language among communities of voters, the federal Voting Rights Act requires that all election information be made available in each community’s native language. But that’s not always easy. There is no single word for abortion in many Native American tongues. And New York’s referendum doesn’t even use the word “abortion,” making it all the more challenging to convey intent.
A judge has ordered Florida’s surgeon general to stop making threats against TV stations over a pro-abortion ad they’ve been running. A group campaigning for a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion in the state constitution sued earlier this month over letters officials in the state’s health department sent to TV stations. The letters claim the ads contain dangerous and false information about state law and that the department could initiate criminal charges. The judge says the department can’t take any more action while the case moves ahead in court.
Voters in Nebraska will see competing abortion measures on their ballots in November. One amendment would create a right to abortion while another would restrict it. What happens if the competing measures both pass? The constitution in Nebraska says that the conflicting provision with the most votes prevails. But courts may have to decide whether there’s a conflict and whether parts of both measures can take effect. None of the other nine states with abortion on the ballot feature competing amendments, though some have vague language.
Democrats pushed to get a constitutional amendment on New York’s ballot this November because they believed it could energize liberals eager to promote abortion. Republicans are now hoping the same amendment will ignite a fire under people upset about men participating in girls’ and women’s sports. The broad language of the state’s proposed Equal Rights Amendment has been at the center of court fights and is emerging as one of the more unusual ideological battles of the 2024 election season, in part because of disagreements about what it will actually do.
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