Mental Health Emerges As Dividing Line in Abortion Rights Initiatives

Source: ABC News - PoliticsIn 2022 Michigan voters passed an abortion rights amendment with a mental health exception for viability limits. Now, a Missouri proposal currently under consideration would allow lawmakers to restrict abortions after a fetus is considered viable, except if an abortion "is needed to protect the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant person." Similarly, a measure in Arizona has explicitly included a mental exception.