(Source: MIRS.news, Published 09/11/2024) Florida, Arizona and seven other states are asking voters about a woman's right to an abortion in November, according to data collected by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). Of the 150 statewide ballot measures this November, 10 are abortion related.

In Arizona, Florida, Missouri and Nevada the measures allow for an abortion under any circumstance before the age of viability. After viability, an abortion can only be performed to protect the life or health of the mother. In Montana, voters are being asked to make abortion legal until the age of viability. 

South Dakota's constitutional amendment allows for all abortions in the first trimester, regulated abortions in the second trimester and only abortions to preserve the life and health of the mother in the third trimester.

Nebraska voters have two measures – one that looks like what Florida and Arizona have in front of their voters and a second prohibits abortion in the second or third trimester except in cases of medical emergencies, sexual assault and incest.

In Colorado and Maryland, the ballot questions would put the right to an abortion into the state constitution.

Voters in 44 states will go to the polls on Nov. 5 and choose 5,808 state legislators and 40 states will decide on 150 ballot measures. Of the nation’s 7,386 legislators, 4,023 (54.5%) are Republican and 3,276 (44.3%) are Democrats, with the remainder being independent, third party, nonpartisan or vacant seats.

Republicans maintain 59 legislative chambers while Democrats hold 39. Nebraska has a nonpartisan, unicameral Legislature. Michigan is one of 17 states in which both its House and Senate are controlled by Democrats. NCSL’s 2024 election resources can be found here.