As Americans determine who controls the House and Senate next month, more than 130 ballot initiatives will be in front of voters across the nation
. Some will decide who can legally smoke weed and use “magic mushrooms,” whether to increase taxes on the rich or remove slavery from a state constitution.this summer, steering the battle over reproductive rights deeper into states.
Whatever ballot initiatives pass — or fail — this year will set a roadmap for 2024, putting pressure on those pushing to pass proposals like a millionaire’s tax in Massachusetts or limits on interest rates for medical debt in Arizona. Democrats are banking on abortion as the driving issue for voters this November, framing their midterm strategy on people turning out in droves to protect access while Republicans center their attention on crime and the teetering economy.
In Montana, a ballot measure seeks to declare that an embryo or fetus is a legal person with a right to medical care. It would impose a felony criminal penalty of up to 20 years in prison and a $50,000 fine on any health care worker who doesn’t intervene in the event an unsuccessful abortion results in a live birth.
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