Just two years ago, leading anti-abortion activists were euphoric after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v.
As Kamala Harris gives an abortion speech in Georgia, 538 looked at how anti-abortion Republicans performed in primaries this year.
Notably, abortion will appear on ballots in 10 states this year. It’s an issue proven to draw voters, evidenced in the so-called “ blue wave” that turned out for the 2022 midterm elections after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier that year.
For the first time since she ascended to the top of the Democratic ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris has given a speech focused squarely on abortion rights.
Asked why supporters would not participate, an Arizona for Abortion Access spokesperson cited other campaign work and support for the amendment.
Measures that would protect abortion access are on track to appear on the ballot in 10 states in November, but abortion opponents are engaged in last-ditch legal maneuvering to try to prevent voters from weighing in on the proposals.
In the most contested races for control of the U.S. House, many Republican candidates are speaking up about women’s rights to abortion access and reproductive care in new and surprising ways
Abortion rights remained on Missouri’s Nov. 5 ballot by the slimmest of margins, according to opinions released Friday by the Missouri Supreme Court.
The state Supreme Court last week issued an order keeping the proposed state constitutional amendment – called Amendment 3 – on the Nov. 5 ballot. The judges’ decision came hours before a deadline to finalize the ballot and they didn’t explain their reasoning at the time.
Donald Trump has vowed to “PROTECT WOMEN AT A LEVEL NEVER SEEN BEFORE” in a late-night, all-caps rant on Truth Social.