Arizona Voters Approve Abortion Rights Amendment

Gallego, Lake target undecided voters in final days of Arizona Senate race

In Arizona's closely-watched Senate race, Rep. Ruben Gallego is hoping to lasso undecided Latino voters, while Republican challenger Kari Lake is seeking to harness voter angst over immigration and ...

Vote counting begins in Arizona as key issues drive voters to the polls

In Arizona, early vote counts are underway in a high-stakes battleground, where immigration, economic policy, and reproductive rights are top of mind for voters. Kris Van Cleave has the latest.

Pennsylvania, Arizona counties investigating suspicious voter registration forms

Several counties across Pennsylvania and Arizona are investigating batches of improper voter registration forms submitted by an Arizona-based firm in recent weeks. There is no evidence the forms ...

Politics - The Hill - 19 hours ago

Arizona, Nevada exit polls show Harris leading with Latino voters

Vice President Kamala Harris is leading among Latino voters in Arizona and Nevada, CBS News exit polls suggest. However, Harris is underperforming among the group compared to President Biden's 2020 ...

Abortion, voting rights, other key issues on the ballot in states this election

While the presidential race may be getting the spotlight this election season, key regulations are up for grabs in several states way down at the bottom of the ballot.

Judge dismisses lawsuit over old abortion rights ruling in Mississippi

A Mississippi judge has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged a potential conflict between a 2022 state law that bans most abortions and a 1998 state Supreme Court ruling that said abortion is ...

Health - ABC News - October 16

Harris stresses abortion rights and early voting in packed Atlanta rally

Thousands of supporters, including Usher, rally in battleground Georgia, as campaign focuses on early votes. Kamala Harris highlighted the threat to women’s reproductive rights and Donald Trump’s ...

World - The Guardian - October 20

Could anger over abortion rights swing the US election?

Democrats are betting that a backlash against increasingly prohibitive laws will help them win votes in key battleground states

Business - Financial Times - October 23

Fight intensifies over Florida ballot measure that would guarantee abortion rights

Next week, Florida voters will decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution, through a ballot measure that's opposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Harris leans into economy, abortion rights in new ads in final days of campaign

Harris' closing ads are emphasizing issues of abortion access and her economic proposals in the final full week of the 2024 presidential campaign.

Abortion Rights Issue Surfaces in Canada Before U.S. Election

The Canadian government proposed legislation this week to crack down on anti-abortion organizations that provide “dishonest counseling” to pregnant women.

World - The New York Times - 4 days ago

Abortion rights at forefront of Women's March rallies in runup to Election Day

Thousands of women have rallied in the U.S. capital and elsewhere with abortion rights at the forefront of their demonstrations

Health - ABC News - 3 days ago

Thousands of women rally nationwide for abortion rights and feminist causes

Demonstrators from Texas to Connecticut and Washington DC carried signs and chanted: ‘We won’t go back!’. Thousands of women rallied Saturday in the nation’s capital and elsewhere in support of ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Florida ballot measures would legalize marijuana and protect abortion rights

Florida voters are deciding whether to protect abortion rights and legalize marijuana

Florida abortion rights measure fails, CBS News projects

CBS News projects a Florida ballot measure that would have enshrined the right to abortion will fail, keeping in place a six-week ban put in place by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Abortion rights ballot measures pass in 7 states, fail in 3 others

Constitutional amendments to protect or expand abortion passed in seven of the 10 states where they appeared on the ballot Tuesday, NBC News projects.

‘A Trojan horse’: how the right is using ‘parental rights’ to fight abortion ballot measures

With 10 states set to vote on abortion-related measures, anti-abortion activists are trying to disrupt a streak of wins. A Maryland ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in the state ...

World - The Guardian - October 28

I’m one of the few doctors providing abortions in Arizona. This could be the issue that turns our state blue | Gabrielle Goodrick

Our state was a Republican stronghold, but the party’s assault on reproductive rights is making many voters think twice. We speak to voters in the states that will decide the US election about the ...

World - The Guardian - October 17

Harris will campaign in Texas to highlight state's abortion ban in a pitch to battleground voters

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to head to reliably Republican Texas just 10 days before Election Day to try to refocus her campaign against former President Donald Trump on reproductive care

Health - ABC News - October 22

South Dakota voters divided over ballot measures on abortion, marijuana

Voters in South Dakota are closely divided on the issues of legalizing recreational marijuana and protecting abortion access, which will both appear as ballot measures in the state in November, ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

Ohio abortion ban ruled unconstitutional in wake of voter-OK'd referendum

The most far-reaching of Ohio's laws restricting abortion was struck down by a county judge who said last year's voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive rights renders the law ...

'I'm not a one-issue voter, but this is huge': Women on how abortion shaped their vote

It is the first presidential election since the top court overturned Roe v Wade, which protected the nationwide right to an abortion.

High-profile Democrats lean into guilt in pursuit of male voters on abortion

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 ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago

Abortion is on the ballot in nine states and motivating voters across the US

Voters are getting a say on abortion policy in Tuesday's election with ballot measures and elections to offices from president to local prosecutors

Health - ABC News - 18 hours ago

Civil rights groups warn of potential voter suppression ahead of Election Day

Civil rights leaders warn that Virginia could be a canary in a coal mine, foreshadowing broader efforts to undermine voting rights across the country.

Harris’s Hope: Getting Right-Leaning Voters to Shift to the Left

Democrats see a narrow opening to peel away center-right voters bothered by abortion bans and by the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Top stories - The New York Times - 4 days ago

How Kari Lake and Ruben Gallego are trying to reach voters in the Arizona Senate race

Early voting is underway in Arizona, where Republican Kari Lake and Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego are vying for the Senate seat that is being vacated by independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. A new CBS ...

Some Arizona voters don't buy Kari Lake's stolen election claim, even if they buy Trump's

Both former President Donald Trump and Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake have repeatedly pushed false claims that their lost elections were stolen from them.

Politics - NBC News - October 30

Missouri abortion-rights campaign fundraising total at $22M one month before election

A campaign to enshrine abortion rights in the Missouri Constitution has raised close to $22 million

Health - ABC News - October 15

Abortion rights group sues after Florida orders TV stations to stop airing ad

A group campaigning for a Florida abortion-rights measure is suing state officials over their order to TV stations to stop airing one ad