A number of races and referendums in November will affect abortion after Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed the state to impose new abortion restrictions.
There is a Vote No to a Constitutional Amendment on abortion sign.
Kentucky will also have a ballot measure that asks voters to specify the state constitution doesn't support abortion rights, while California, Vermont and probably Michigan will have questions in November asking voters to codify abortion protections in state law
President Joe Biden has said that Americans should re-elect a Democratic majority in the House and two additional Democratic senators to protect abortion rights, as that will give the party a clear Senate majority that can abolish the filibuster.
The governor's seats in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia and Arizona will be some of the most important for abortion rights, as Democratic governors in those states could derail attempts by GOP-controlled legislatures to impose new abortion restrictions.
In Michigan and Wisconsin, which both have pre-Roe abortion bans on the books that the Democratic incumbents have refused to enforce, races will be particularly important.
State legislatures: Abortion rights advocates are trying to flip state legislatures in Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire to protect abortion rights, as well as stave off GOP supermajorities in Kentucky, North Carolina and Wisconsin so lawmakers can't veto abortion bills.
The University of Virginia's Center for Politics identified North Carolina, Ohio, Illinois, Montana, Michigan, Kentucky, New Mexico, and Arkansas as states with justice seats on the ballot in November.
A Republican political strategist in Kansas told the Wall Street Journal that the outcome of the abortion referendum was a big deal. Tonight's results should put Republicans on notice that the issue of abortion is important to voters.
A majority. According to the Secretary of State's office, that is the share of voters who voted against the abortion measure. The ballot measure, which asked voters to approve a constitutional amendment saying it doesn't protect abortion rights, was expected to be a much closer vote.
A Washington Post/Schar School poll conducted in July found that anti-abortion respondents were more likely to vote than those who supported abortion. The poll found that people who thought the ruling was a loss were less likely to vote than people who thought it was a win. More than half of Americans who support abortion being legal were more likely to vote than those who said it should not be legal.
If the Kansas ballot measure had been approved, the state would have been able to impose new restrictions on abortion. The Kansas Supreme Court's ruling defending abortion rights will remain in place despite the ballot measure's failure because of the court's precedent being overturned in the future. In the last few years, voters in GOP-controlled states have been willing to defend abortion rights, with Louisiana, Alabama, West Virginia, and Tennessee all approving amendments that stated the states' constitutions do not protect abortion rights. The vote reflected a broader national opposition to the ruling and the wave of state-level bans that have ensued, however, with a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll showing that only 25% of U.S. adults actually want their state to ban abortion.
As the ballot measure to amend the constitution fails, abortion will remain legal.
Michigan may join these states in putting an abortion referendum on the ballot.
There is a place where abortion is on the ballot.
There are seven governor's races that could be affected by abortion politics.
The House and Senate races are battlegrounds.
Democrats say abortion access is at stake in key statehouse races.
Most Americans don't pay much attention to judges who will decide your right to abortion.
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