Abortion Rights Ballot Measures Succeed in 7 of 10 States
Voters in red and blue states supported abortion rights, but the movement broke its winning streak.
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CreditCharlie Riedel/Associated Press How the Trump Administration Could Enact a Federal Abortion Ban
While Donald Trump has distanced himself from supporting a federal abortion ban, Republicans and opponents of abortion rights will pressure him to enact one.
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CreditCheriss May for The New York Times How Ballot Measures Will Change Abortion Access
Ballot measures that passed on Tuesday will lift abortion bans in two states and expand access in others. Defeated measures in three states mean their abortion restrictions will remain in place.
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CreditThe New York Times Abortion Rights Measure Fails in Florida
The defeat is a political victory for Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, who had become the face of a well-funded opposition campaign.
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Arizona Voters Approve Abortion Rights Amendment
Like those in other states, the Arizona measure essentially establishes abortion protections in the State Constitution as a “fundamental right.”
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CreditOlivier Touron/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Nebraska Voters Pass Measure Limiting Abortions
A competing ballot amendment, which would have established a right to abortion until fetal viability, failed to win more votes.
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CreditAssociated Press New Yorkers Pass an Equal Rights Amendment Tied to Abortion Access
Proposition 1, which enshrines abortion rights into the State Constitution, was aggressively opposed by Republicans, who tried to cast it as an attack on girls’ sports and a giveaway to migrants.
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CreditBing Guan for The New York Times Missouri Voters Pass Measure to Protect Abortion Rights and End Ban
A ballot amendment enshrining reproductive rights in the State Constitution would void one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.
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South Dakota Voters Reject Abortion Rights Amendment
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