Activists in Arizona and Nebraska submitted signatures on Wednesday for proposed amendments that would enshrine the right to abortion into their state constitutions.
Activists in both states said they turned in more than the required signatures to appear on the ballots in November, Associated Press reported. Election officials in both states must certify the signatures before they are officially cleared to appear before voters.
Arizona for Abortion Access — a coalition of groups including ACLU of Arizona, Affirm Sexual and Reproductive Health, Arizona List, Healthcare Rising Arizona, NARAL Arizona, and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona — announced that they submitted 823,685 signatures, far surpassing the 383,923 required to qualify.
The proposed amendment would amend the Arizona constitution to declare that “every individual has a fundamental right to…
