Majority of Voting States Strengthen Abortion Rights

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U.S. voters in 10 states headed to the polls on Tuesday to decide on a number of constitutional amendments to protect or expand abortion rights. According to projections by NBC News, a majority of these voted in favor of strengthening abortion rights within their states.

Voters in Arizona and Missouri backed measures to protect abortion rights until fetal viability. At the same time, voters in Colorado, Maryland, Montana and New York supported measures to formally enshrine existing rights related to abortion into the constitution, making them more steadfast as they are harder to change by lawmakers in the future. In New York, voters supported an amendment which will ban discrimination over pregnancy or reproductive health.

Majority of Voting States Strengthen Abortion Rights

Florida fell short, however, of the 60 percent of support needed to overturn an abortion ban for women more than six weeks pregnant or to allow for abortions when necessary to protect the patient’s health “as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider”.

In South Dakota too, a proposal to protect the right to abortion in the first trimester was also rejected. If it had been passed, the measure would have also allowed for the state to permit abortion in the second or third trimester if a physician determined the care would be necessary to preserve life or health.

Voters in Nebraska approved measures banning abortions after the first trimester, with exceptions for rape, incest or health emergencies.

The results are not yet in on whether voters will approve a second, competing amendment granting the right to abortion before fetal viability (first and second trimester), which would then protect abortions in the first trimester only. This would be an improvement over the current, non-protected 12-week ban in the state.

This article originally appeared on Statista.com and was syndicated by MediaFeed.org

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Elon Musk has topped the Forbes 400 2024 list of the richest people in America, published Tuesday. The 53-year-old Tesla and SpaceX cofounder was reported to have a net worth amounting to $244 billion, as of September 1. Musk has some $47 billion more than the second richest person in the United States, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (60), who owns $197 billion. Rounding off the top five are Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (40) with $181 billion, software giant Oracle founder Larry Ellison (80) with $175 billion and Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett (94) with $150 billion.

While a gender divide still exists among the U.S.’ wealthiest, with the first of the country’s richest women coming in 15th place on the list, several women are still making extremely high figures. Walmart’s Alice Walton (74) tops the women’s roundup, with a net worth of $89.2 billion in 2024. She is followed by Julia Koch (62) of Koch Industries with $74.2 billion, who alongside her three children inherited a 42 percent stake from her late husband, David. Jacqueline Mars (84), who owns an estimated one-third of the candy, food and pet care firm Mars, then ranks third place for richest women and 19th place for richest Americans with $47.6 billion.

According to Forbes, the top 400 wealthiest people in the U.S. are worth a combined $5.4 trillion. Of these, the top 25 are worth roughly $2.5 trillion altogether. Analysts highlight that each of the top 25 are an average of 31 percent richer than last year.

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Age: 53

Net worth: $244B 

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Age: 60

Net worth: $197B

Rank: 3

Age: 40

Net worth: $181B

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Rank: 4

Age: 80

Net worth: $175B

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Rank: 5

Age: 94

Net worth: $150B

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Rank: 6

Age: 51

Net worth: $136B

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Rank: 7

Age: 51

Net worth: $130B

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Rank: 8

Age: 68

Net worth: $123B

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Rank: 15

Age: 74

Net worth: $89.2B

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Rank: 16

Age: 62

Net worth: $74.2B

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Rank: 19

Age: 84

Net worth: $47.6B

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Rank: 26

Age: 54

Net worth: $33.3B

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lyndal Stephens Greth  & Family – Oil and Gas

Rank: 28

Age: 49

Net worth: $32.3B

Abigail Johnson – Fidelity

Rank: 30

Age: 62

Net worth: $31.3B

Marilyn Simons & Family – Hedge Fund

Rank: 31

Age: 73

Net worth: $31.0B

Miriam Adelson & Family – Casinos

Rank: 32

Age: 78

Net worth: $29.8B

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