Secretaries of state in Arizona and Missouri are the seventh and eighth this year to say voters can weigh in on November ballot items that, if passed, would add abortion rights to their state constitutions. Meanwhile, officials in the final three states that could vote on abortion this year -- Montana, Arkansas and Nebraska -- are facing deadlines.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in 2022, states have had the final say on abortion rights. And now abortion-rights supporters across the United States seek to maneuver around Republican-led legislatures and go straight to voters.
This year, voters in up to 11 states could face abortion-rights amendments. Several states that outlaw most abortions could see those bans reversed if the ballot measures pass: Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota.
Voters have already backed abortion rights at the ballot box in at least six states since the reversal of Roe v. Wade, including conservative-leaning Kentucky and Kansas.
Getting amendments on the ballot takes legwork, gathering tens or hundreds of thousands of signatures. Then, there could be court challenges.
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