Voters in the state swiftly rejected a GOP-led effort to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments. While not explicitly about abortion, Republicans made clear that they wanted to short-circuit a proposed abortion rights amendment. If it had passed, abortion rights advocates would have needed to reach 60% this November to pass a proposed amendment guaranteeing basic rights through fetal viability or roughly 22 weeks of pregnancy. Now, the proposed amendment will just need a simple majority. Biden's statement makes it clear that the White House is closely tracking state efforts to both expand and curtail abortion rights.

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