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Voters across the country will decide rules on elections, drug legalization and sports gaming in Tuesday's election. Abortion rules might be the biggest issue on the ballots.
Pa. Republicans are pushing an amendment that would keep courts from intervening in attempts to restrict abortion. It just cleared its first big hurdle.
The practical effect of the amendment will be that if in the future, a Republican legislature and governor pass a law restricting abortion in some way, abortion-rights advocates won’t be able to challenge the law in state courts.
Any attempt to amend the Pa. constitution bypasses the governor and goes to a referendum, which often passes easily as it draws little attention at the polls.
In the past three decades, 60 countries have made abortion laws more liberal. The US could join the handful that have increased restrictions.