LINCOLN- Nebraska voters will decide the future of abortion rights in November, but unlike voters in other states, two competing constitutional amendments on the issue qualified for the general election ballot.

One proposal, 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 other proposed constitutional amendment, promoted by supporters of abortion restrictions, would constitutionally limit abortion to the first trimester of pregnancy and allow further restrictions to be passed by the legislature.

The oddity of this arrangement means that if voters adopt or pass both measures, the one that receives the most votes will become law. Nebraska’s abortion fight is the first time nationally that competing abortion measures will appear on the ballot at the same time.

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