Nebraska Supreme Court Approves Competing Abortion Initiatives for Ballot

Nebraska voters will vote on two competing abortion initiatives in November after the state’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that they could both appear on the ballot. While one of those initiatives aims to cement a right to abortion in the state’s constitution, the other would prohibit abortion in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Earlier this week, the court heard arguments in three lawsuits concerning the amendments’ compliance with the state’s single-subject rule. The justices unanimously denied all three petitions, finding that neither amendment pertained to more than one subject. The Protect Women and Children amendment states that “unborn children shall be protected from abortion in the second and third trimesters,” except in cases involving rape, incest, or a medical emergency....