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1 Alicia Bannon, So You Passed a State Constitutional Amendment Protecting Abortion, Now What?: Voter Approval of an Amendment Is Often Just One Step in Lengthy Legal and Political Wrangling over State Abortion Rights [1] (2024)

handle is hein.peggy/soyupasse0001 and id is 1 raw text is: rSTATECOURTREPORT1 L J 1 ELECTION 2024 So You Passed a State Constitutional Amendment Protecting Abortion. Now What? Voter approval of an amendment is often just one step in lengthy legal and political wrangling over state abortion rights. By Alicia Bannon Published: December 12, 2024 Arizona Missouri Nevada Michigan Since the Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health Organization that there was no federal constitutional right to an abortion, voters in 10 states have passed state abortion rights amendments, including 6 this year. (In one more state, Nevada, an amendment passed this year but must go before voters again in 2026.) Many voters likely thought that casting their ballot was the end of the story. The reality is that passing an amendment is often just another step in the lengthy legal and political wrangling over state abortion rights.