Nevada approves abortion rights ballot measure

Nevada voters have passed a ballot measure to protect abortion rights, one of 10 abortion-related measures up for a vote in the U.S. A Nevada law from 1990 protects abortion until 24 weeks of pregnancy. Those protections can be reversed only by state referendum, but the amendment’s backers have said they want to ensure an abortion rights law is almost impossible to overturn. Nevada is a key battleground state, and while it hasn’t voted for a Republican presidential candidate since George W. Bush in 2004, it elected a Republican governor...