Vote Yes on Amendment 4

I know many people, myself included, who are voting in November for Amendment 4, to limit government interference with abortion. I hope you’ll join us. 

Voting for this amendment doesn’t mean we’re “pro-abortion.” It means we believe every woman has a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability or when necessary to protect the patient's health, as determined by the patient's healthcare provider. It means we believe a woman has the right to make this critical decision without government interference. 

This amendment does not change the Legislature’s constitutional authority to require notification to a parent or guardian before a minor has an abortion.  

In a perfect world, no one would ever need or want an abortion. But we live in the real world where medical emergencies happen and women feel compelled, for a variety of reasons, to make the difficult decision to seek an abortion. Yet, the number of abortions has declined since the early 1990s. 

According to the Pew Research Center, the annual number of U.S. abortions rose for years after Roe v. Wade legalized the procedure in 1973, reaching its highest levels around the late 1980s and early 1990s, according to both the CDC and Guttmacher. Since then, abortions have generally decreased at what a CDC analysis calls, “A slow yet steady pace.” Guttmacher says the number of abortions occurring in the U.S. in 2020 was 40% lower than it was in 1991 and, according to the CDC, the number was 36% lower in 2021 than in 1991.  

I believe we need to trust women and their medical providers to make the best decision possible for themselves and their families. Vote YES on Amendment 4.