Arizona, Montana abortion rights constitutional measures on ballots

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Arizona, Montana ********* rights constitutional measures on ballots

Members of Arizona for ********* Access, the ballot initiative to enshrine ********* rights in the Arizona State Constitution, hold a press conference and protest condemning Arizona House Republicans and the 1864 ********* ban during a recess from a legislative session at the Arizona House of Representatives on April 17, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Proposals to enshrine ********* rights in the constitutions of Arizona and Montana will be on the ballots in those states in November, which could potentially affect the outcome of the presidential and congressional races in those states.

On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court effectively allowed the ballot measure there to proceed as planned, in a ruling that found the summary used to collect signatures for the measure was valid.

Also Tuesday, Montana’s Secretary of State’s Office certified that ********* rights supporters had obtained enough signatures to put a measure on the ballot.

Arizona and Montana join six other states where ********* rights measures will be on their ballots this fall.

Arizona is considered a key swing state in the 2024 presidential election.

Four years ago, President Joe Biden’s razor thin victory in Arizona over then-President Donald Trump helped secure the Democrat’s victory in the Electoral College.

In Montana, incumbent three-term Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat, is facing a tough challenge from *********** nominee Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL. If Sheehy defeats Tester, it could help Republicans gain majority control of the Senate.

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In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its half-century-old ruling in Roe v. Wade, which said there was a federal constitutional right to *********.

The decision, which was backed by three justices nominated by the *********** Trump, opened the door for individual states to set their own restrictions on ********* access.

But the decision also was blamed for harming the election chances of *********** congressional candidates in 2022.

And in seven states where ********* rights were placed on the ballot before this year, those measures passed into law, even in ************* states.

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