Abortion is on the ballot across the country. Here's why Texans won't be voting on it.
In the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, state constitutional amendments have been at the primary electoral battleground in the fight over abortion access across the country.
That battleground does not exist in Texas.
As many as 19 states have voted or will vote this year on constitutional amendments that enshrine a right to an abortion in their state constitution. Many of the votes were launched through citizen-led petition drives that serve as an avenue to exercise political power in states where the government is controlled by anti-abortion advocates, like Texas.
But Texas voters do not have that option. The state’s constitution requires that amendments be initiated by the legislature, which is controlled by Republican lawmakers who passed a near-total ban on abortion in 2021.
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