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.

Former President Trump vowed to “protect women at a level never seen before" if elected, vowing to ensure “powerful exceptions" for abortion are adopted across the nation and promising they will be “happy,

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.

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in its 2022 Dobbs decision, abortion emerged as a key issue in the upcoming 2024 election.

Asked why supporters would not participate, an Arizona for Abortion Access spokesperson cited other campaign work and support for the amendment.

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.

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.

Abortion rights remained on Missouri’s Nov. 5 ballot by the slimmest of margins, according to opinions released Friday by the Missouri Supreme Court.

Kamala Harris campaigned Friday on restoring abortion rights in Georgia, where most polls show her trailing Republican nominee Donald Trump.