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The 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, with one exception: punishing people convicted of crime. On Tuesday, five states -- Louisiana, Alabama, Oregon, Vermont and Tennessee -- will vote on ballot initiatives to end this vestige of slavery by altering the language in their constitutions. In all, the constitutions of about 20 states still mirror the 13th Amendment, which reads:
Article 22 is a common-sense restoration of the fundamental rights Vermonters had before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down those rights in the disastrous Dobbs decision.
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The amendment would add wording to the Vermont State Constitution protecting individual's reproductive rights.