Abortion Rights Group Launches Ballot Initiative in Nebraska

In 2024, Nebraska could be considering whether abortion should be a constitutionally protected right. On Nov. 16, the abortion rights group Protect Our Rights formally launched a campaign to make Nebraskans consider whether the Cornhusker State will establish a constitutional right to abortion. “Each person’s circumstances are different, and each pregnancy is unique,” Jasmine Smith, a full spectrum doula from Omaha and a Nebraska maternal health sworn sponsor of Protect Our Rights, said during a press conference announcing the initiative. “That is why it is so critical that decisions about pregnancy and abortion belong to pregnant Nebraskans and not politicians who don’t know anything about their lives and circumstances.”...