Abortion rights amendment qualifies for the ballot in Nevada ( www.nbcnews.com )
Officials in Nevada have formally certified a proposed amendment that would enshrine abortion access in the state's constitution to appear on the November ballot.
The move was announced late Friday by organizers behind the ballot measure as well as the Nevada secretary of state’s office. It makes Nevada the sixth state to put the issue of abortion rights directly before voters in this year's election.
“The support this initiative has received from Nevadans throughout the signature collection process shows what we’ve known to be true: Nevadans believe that healthcare decisions about abortion are best left to women, their doctors, and those they love and trust — not politicians,” Lindsey Harmon, the president of Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom, the group behind the effort, said in statement.
