Top headline: NBC, 10/18/2022
Bottom headline: Vox, 11/9/2022
Nebraska
What happened in the election: Republicans appear to have picked up enough legislative seats to form a supermajority that could pass abortion-related legislation, the one blemish for abortion rights advocates in this midterm cycle.
What it means for abortion rights: Anti-abortion GOP lawmakers in Nebraska were anxious to pass an abortion ban after the Dobbs decision but they fell a couple votes short earlier this year. In Nebraska’s unique unicameral legislature, bills need 33 votes (out of 49 members) to advance. A near-total ban on abortion was proposed post-Dobbs but received only 30 votes. Conservatives pressured Gov. Ricketts to call a special session to pass a bill to ban abortions after 12 weeks, but he declined, stating that the votes wouldn’t be there until after the midterm elections.
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