Nebraska voters will see dueling abortion amendments this fall

by Aaron Sanderford, Nebraska Examiner

Nebraska voters will decide the future of abortion rights in November, but unlike voters in other states, they will have competing choices.

Two separate proposed constitutional amendments on abortion qualified for the general election ballot, the Secretary of State’s Office announced Friday.

One proposal, by abortion-rights advocates, would codify a right to abortion in the Nebraska Constitution until fetal viability, as determined by a health care provider. 

Most medical experts set the age of viability between 22 and 24 weeks gestation, although critics of the measure say doctors could push that later.