(CNN) � Voters in Missouri and Arizona will decide this November after proposed amendments qualified this week to appear on the states� ballots.
Missouri voters will consider a statewide constitutional amendment that would “establish a right to make decisions about reproductive health care, including abortion and contraceptives� and remove the state’s ban on abortion, which has no exceptions for rape or incest.
°Õ³ó±ðÌýÌýwould still allow abortion to be restricted after fetal viability, according to a TuesdayÌýÌýfrom Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft.
Rachel Sweet, the campaign manager for Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, which gathered signatures to place the initiative on the ballot,ÌýÌý“a major step forward for our campaign and for Missourians.â€�
The Missouri initiative is one of a number of similar measures that will appear on various state ballots, including Florida, Nevada, New York and Arizona, where a proposed state constitutional amendment that would establish a “fundamental right toÌýâ€� qualified for the November ballot on Monday. Similar constitutional amendments have been successful on other ballots around the country in Republican-dominated states, including Kansas and Ohio.
The Arizona Abortion Access Act received 577,971 certified signatures, the Arizona secretary of state’s office said Monday � nearly 200,000 more than required to appear on the November ballot.
The measure would enshrine the right to abortion in the Arizona constitution up to fetal viability, which doctors believe is around 22 to 24 weeks of pregnancy.
“Today, we got word that Arizona’s 15 counties finished their review of a random sample of our signatures and the Secretary of State confirmed that we gathered far more than enough valid signatures, 50 percent above the required minimum. It is the most signatures ever validated by a citizen’s initiative in state history,â€Ì�,Ìýthe group behind the measure,Ìýcelebrated in a statement.
“This is a huge win for Arizona voters who will now get to vote YES on restoring and protecting the right to access abortion care, free from political interference, once and for all,â€� said campaign managerÌýCheryl Bruce.
InÌýMay, the Arizona Senate voted to repeal the state’sÌý, after the state Supreme Court revived the law and thrust reproductive rights into the political spotlight.
DemocraticÌýGov. Katie HobbsÌýÌýthe legislation the next day and said, “We should recommit to protecting women’s bodily autonomy, their ability to make their own health care decisions and the ability to control their lives.â€�
ArizonaÌýlaw imposes a 15-week limit for abortions.Ìý, enacted in 2022, does not include exceptions for rape and incest.
Following the US Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which eliminated a constitutional right to abortion nationwide,have banned or limited access to the procedure.
This story and headline have been updated with additional developments.
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