LINCOLN- Nebraska’s political year in 2024, as in much of the nation, was dominated by abortion politics. The issue influenced ballot initiatives and competitive races. Voters in Nebraska, Florida, and South Dakota became the first since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 to reject ballot initiatives seeking to expand abortion rights.

The Nebraska vote was unique because abortion restrictionists passed a competing proposal on the same ballot, promoting it as a “moderate alternative” to the abortion rights amendment. They said the status quo helps women and children. Abortion rights advocates spent much of the campaign fighting what they called “misinformation and disinformation” that miscast their effort to codify abortion rights as “extreme.” They said the way things are harms women and families.

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