constitution

Provisional results showed 92% of voters backed the new constitution, according to the country's electoral body.

Seven states — Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and New York — passed ballot measures to enshrine abortion rights or other reproductive rights in the state constitution.

As other free states joined the union, several also enshrined this language into their constitutions.

Stroppa, however, added that Musk also “emphasises that freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment and the Italian constitution itself; therefore, as a citizen, he will continue to freely express his opinions”.

In the state of Missouri, Amendment 3 passed, which will enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution and overturn the state’s current ban.