Abortion-related ballot measures have been popular following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision to overturn the federal right to abortion and send legislation on the procedure to the states.
The ruling set off a domino effect as state after state moved to either tighten restrictions on the procedure or strengthen protections for access.
By the 2024 general election, seven out of seven states had sided with abortion advocates at the ballot box. As voters in California, Michigan, Ohio, and Vermont approved measures to cement abortion as a right, those in Kansas and Kentucky rejected initiatives to limit abortion access. Meanwhile, a referendum to require medical care for infants born alive during botched abortions failed in Montana….