Nebraska Ballot Measure Restricting Abortion After 12 Weeks Goes into Effect

A constitutional amendment that essentially codifies Nebraska’s current abortion restrictions went into effect on Thursday. 

Gov. Jim Pillen (R) officially signed the ballot measure restricting abortion after 12-weeks with some exceptions, which passed in November with 54.9 percent support,  the Nebraska Examiner reported. Nebraska is the first state to enshrine abortion restrictions into its constitution since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, according to the report. 

Nebraska had two dueling abortion measures on the ballot: one that would have enshrined throughout pregnancy with some exceptions into the state constitution, and one that essentially enshrines the current 12-week restriction, while allowing for lawmakers to change the law in the future.

Voters ultimately chose to enshrine the current restriction with Initiative 434 and

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