RELIGION HEADLINES
Written by on November 8, 2024
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(SRN NEWS) – A ballot question to enshrine abortion in the Nevada constitution passed this week but nothing will be changing immediately. Under Nevada law, voters must also approve the ballot question again in 2026 in order to amend the constitution. Although a 1990 state law makes abortion available up to viability, abortion advocates want to go farther. Pro-life advocates will now campaign to defeat the amendment in 2026, which would derail the entire process. The two-step format for amending the Nevada constitution was instituted to give residents time to carefully consider their actions.
Voters in some states are rejecting the national trend toward legalizing marijuana. In Florida, an amendment that would have legalized recreational pot was defeated on Tuesday. It would have allowed people 21 years and older to possess about three ounces of the drug. Voters in South Dakota also rejected a measure that would have made marijuana available for recreational purposes. The state allowed the use of pot for medical purposes in 2020 but has twice rejected the recreational use of the drug — this year and in 2022.
Missouri is one of several states where voters approved an amendment that enshrines abortion in the state constitution this week. Now Planned Parenthood, the country’s largest abortion business, is moving in. The organization has already filed suit in state court, seeking to invalidate the Missouri abortion ban and several laws that regulate abortion. Planned Parenthood officials say they want to immediately start offering abortions at clinics in Columbia, Kansas City and St. Louis if they get the judicial ruling they’re requesting.
Nebraska was the only state to have a pro-life and a pro-abortion amendment before the voters on Tuesday and the pro-life measure won resoundingly. That means the state’s current ban on abortion after the first 12 weeks of pregnancy is a part of the state constitution. Nebraskans rejected the competing amendment that would have established the right to have an abortion until the point that an unborn baby could survive outside the womb. It was possible that both measures might have passed, forcing a vote count to see which one would go into effect.
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