ALBANY, NY (Erie News Now)--AN ABORTION BALLOT PROPOSITION THAT RECENTLY FACED jeopardy DUE TO LEGAL CHALLENGES OFFICIALLY RECLAIMED ITS SPOT ON VOTERS NOVEMBER BALLOTS.

IF APPROVED– THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE WOULD BAR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN AND LGBTQI+ INDIVIDUALS, PREGNANCY OUTCOMES AND MORE.  
 
IT WAS INITIALLY PASSED BY STATE LAWMAKERS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO and was getting READY FOR VOTERS APPROVAL this november.  
 
BUT LAST MONTH A STATE SUPREME COURT JUDGE KNOCKED IT OFF THE BALLOT OVER A DISPUTE ON WHETHER OR NOT THE LEGISLATURE FOLLOWED A STATE RULE REQUIRING A REVIEW FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.   
 
A DECISION FROM THE STATE’S FOURTH APPELLATE THIS WEEK RULED AGAINST THE LOWER COURTS ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE PROPOSITION FROM THE BALLOT -- SAYING THE REPUBLICANS WHO FILED THE MOTION TOOK TOO LONG. 
 
SOME POLITICAL EXPERTS SAid THE RECENT RULING SEEMS TO SHOW THe ISSUE WAS ALL ABOUT TIMING.  
 
“The lower appellate court ruling was that Democrats in the legislature moved too quickly and this one seems to be the Republicans moved too slowly,” said Shawn Donahue, a political science professor at SUNY Buffalo.
 
DONAHUE highlighted THIS IS NOT THE ONLY BALLOT MEASURE IN THE COUNTRY RELATED TO THIS ISSUE.  
 
HE SAid FOR DEMOCRATS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE IS AN ISSUE THAT CAN HELP DRIVE UP TURNOUT AT THE POLLS-- particularly FOR VOTERS WHO MAY BE DIVIDED ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO SHOW UP.  
 
“If you do show up and you’re coming there to vote more on the abortion rights issue, chances are you’re probably going to cast a vote for Joe Biden and maybe for Democratic candidates for the state legislature, and for Congress or if you have a Senate race,” said Donahue.  
 
THIS IS NOT THE FINAL STEP BEFORE IT HEADS TO VOTERS. THE NEW YORK STATE COURT OF APPEALS WILL LIKELY BE MAKING THE FINAL DECISION ON THIS.  
 
BUT DESPITE THAT THE PROPOSITION NOW APPEARS TO HAVE A CLEAR PATH TO VOTERS BALLOTS IN NOVEMBER.