When her mail-in ballot arrived earlier this month, Emily Jones couldn’t wait to vote to enshrine abortion rights in Arizona’s state constitution - and to fight back against the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v.
Voters in 10 states will decide on crucial abortion-related measures this November, marking another pivotal moment in the ongoing national debate over reproductive rights.
The groups promoting abortion-rights amendments on the ballots in nine states have outraised their opponents by more than 6 to 1 and are spending far more on ads.
Abortion rights have won in all seven states with ballot measures since Roe v. Wade was overturned, but Florida's Amendment 4 requires 60% voter approval to pass.
As voters in nine states determine whether to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitutions, opponents are using parental rights and anti-transgender messages to try to undermine support for the ballot proposals.
Arizona, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska and Nevada will all have measures on the ballot next week that would guarantee the right to abortion until the point of fetal viability — generally defined as the point at which most experts say a fetus could survive outside the womb, and often considered to be around 24 weeks of pregnancy:
In just one week, voters in Florida will head to the polls to decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the Florida constitution, through a ballot measure that Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration have spent months fighting in the courts.
High-profile Democrats in the home stretch of the presidential race are laying down a guilt trip on male voters: Vote for Vice President Harris and abortion rights or you are letting down your
Sue Altman, a Democrat, has focused on reproductive rights as she seeks to unseat a Republican incumbent, Representative Thomas Kean Jr., in a New Jersey swing district.
Voters in 10 states will vote on abortion rights amendments via referenda in the 2024 election, which may change the landscape of abortion access nationwide.
Newsweek polling has shown an increase in the number of people who say they strongly lean towards the Democratic Party's position on abortion.
Pro-abortion access measures have popped up in nearly a dozen states this election cycle, and if history is any indicator, they have a good chance of succeeding. But Nebraska has dueling measures on the ballot, showing just how nuanced this issue really is.