Note: Exit poll percentages may have updated since this post. In the 2024 election, 10 states had abortion-related measures on the ballot — and Americans voted in favor of protecting abortion access in seven of them. But support for these ballot measures ...
The abortion rights movement won in many states — even some that voted for Donald Trump. Where does it go from here?
Voters in seven states – Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and New York – passed pro-abortion ballot initiatives at the polls this week. About a fifth of abortions in the US – an average of about 19,000 each month – occur in ...
Voters across seven states approved ballot measures to safeguard abortion rights through their state constitutions, a result that could soon bolster reproductive health care for more than 2 million American women.
In the days after the election, reproductive rights advocates considered next steps. Strategy discussions included everything from legislative efforts, to legal options, to rallying around
Republicans, eyeing such a close result, will try to overturn the state’s new right to abortion. It’s just a question of how.
Voters in 7 out of 10 states, including several red states, approved measures to protect abortion rights during the 2024 presidential election.
The group declined to release details about what, specifically, they will seek to undo. But abortion rights advocates are bracing for further abortion restrictions once Trump takes office. And some women are, too, with online abortion pill orders spiking in the days after Election Day.
Voters in seven states moved to protect abortion access through ballot initiatives, while similar measures in three other states failed.
At a Thursday night rally, advocates told attendees the work "has only just begun" to bring abortion back to Missouri.
In states like Arizona and Nevada, some voters split their tickets, supporting abortion rights measures while also backing Donald Trump.
Attitudes on abortion were not as one-sided as it may have seemed in the 2024 election, according to exit poll analyses.