Nebraska ballot will include competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights, top court rules

The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that competing measures that would expand or limit abortion rights can appear on the November ballot.

The high court’s ruling came days after it heard arguments in three lawsuits that sought to keep one or both of the competing abortion initiatives off the November ballot.

Organizers for each measure turned in more than 200,000 signatures, which was well over the 123,000 required valid ones needed to get them on the ballot.

An organizer for the measure to expand abortion rights called the decision a “victory for all Nebraskans.”

“Anti-abortion politicians forced an abortion ban into law and then coordinated with activists to launch desperate lawsuits to silence over 200,000 Nebraskans by preventing them from voting on what happens to their bodies,” said Allie Berry, campaign manager for Protect Our Rights. “They know Nebraskans want to end the harmful abortion ban and stop government overreach in their personal and private healthcare decisions. Today, their plans failed.”

Matt Heffron, an attorney with the conservative Thomas More Society, which challenged the measure to expand abortion rights, called the court’s ruling “deeply concerning” and said the group fears that if the measure passes, it would lead to unnecessary abortions in the second

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