LINCOLN- More than 30 Nebraska medical providers filed a complaint this week with Secretary of State Bob Evnen alleging that the abortion-rights ballot initiative violates the state’s requirement that voter-fueled changes cover only a single subject.

The proposal, backed by abortion-rights advocates, would codify a right to abortion in the Nebraska Constitution until fetal viability, as determined by a health care provider. The timely decision ultimately falls on Evnen as ballots must be finalized by September 13.

Some of the medical professionals who signed the letter have supported stricter abortion bans. The group behind the abortion rights initiative, Protect Our Rights, has said it expected administrative and legal challenges from abortion opponents to the effort to let voters decide whether to protect access to reproductive care in the state.

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