Abortion referenda
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Abortion referenda include 5 ballot initiatives concerning abortion in 2022:[1]
| State | Date | Name | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | Nov. 8 | Proposition 1 | creates unlimited right to abortion (and contraceptives), and bans pro-life laws. |
| Kansas | Aug. 2 | Amendment | Nothing in state constitution creates a right to abortion or requires funding of it, and the state legislature may pass pro-life laws |
| Kentucky | Nov. 8 | Amendment | Nothing in state constitution creates a right to abortion or requires funding of it |
| Montana | Nov. 8 | LR-131 | protects all infants born alive and requires medical care for them, declaring them to be legal persons |
| Vermont | Nov. 8 | Proposal 5 | amends the state constitution to create a new right to personal reproductive autonomy, a code term for abortion |
Other states that passed pro-life amendments to Constitution
Four other states had passed pro-life ballot initiatives which prohibit judicial interpretation of their state constitutions to authorize abortion, as of July 2022:
- Tennessee (2014), overruling the ruling by the Tennessee Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood v. Sundquist (2000)
- Alabama (2018)
- West Virginia (2018), overruling the ruling by the West Virginia Supreme Court in Womenâs Health Center v. Panepinto (1993) (requiring funding of abortion by Medicaid)
- Louisiana (2020)