Ballot Abortion Rights

In states without abortion on the ballot, the issue is still driving votes

Most states with abortion bans don't allow citizen-led ballot measures. But abortion rights supporters are still finding ways to push for change.

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 - 2 days ago

Competing abortion proposals highlight a record number of ballot measures in Nebraska

Nebraska has a record number of petition-initiated measures on the ballot, including two competing ones pertaining to abortion abortion rights

Health - ABC News - 2 days ago

Update on Arizona's vote count, Senate race and abortion ballot measure

As of Thursday, Arizona is one of two states where the final election results are still being counted. CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports on the latest status.

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 - 2 days ago

Competing abortion proposals highlight a record number of ballot measures in Nebraska

Nebraska has a record number of petition-initiated measures on the ballot, including two competing ones pertaining to abortion abortion rights

Health - ABC News - 2 days ago

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

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 - 6 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 - 5 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 - 5 days ago

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.

Missouri Voters Pass Measure to Protect Abortion Rights and End Ban

A ballot amendment enshrining reproductive rights in the State Constitution would void one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.

Top stories - The New York Times - 2 days ago

South Dakota voters defeat effort to put abortion rights in the state constitution

South Dakotans voted down a ballot measure that would have put abortion rights in the state constitution, instead keeping the state’s near-total ban on abortion.

Politics - NBC News - 2 days ago

Amendments to protect abortion rights pass in 7 of 10 states

Many states across the nation had abortion rights referendums on the ballot for the 2024 election and the results reveal that while some red states easily passed these referendums, other states ...

Abortion-rights measures go 7 for 10 in state elections

Reproductive rights were broadly popular at the state level Tuesday night, as seven states passed ballot measures aimed at preserving, expanding or restoring the right to an abortion. The measures ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Abortion rights amendment's passage triggers new legal battle in Missouri

Abortion rights advocates prevailed in ballot measures in seven states, but that doesn't resolve the issue

Health - ABC News - Yesterday

What Trump's second term could mean for abortion rights

President-elect Donald Trump has said he would not sign a federal abortion ban. But there are ways a new Trump administration could restrict abortion nationwide.

Politics - NBC News - 47 minutes ago

How Trump's victory could change abortion rights in America

Trump could further restrict or effectively ban abortion on the federal level through methods that won't require Congress to pass new legislation.

Business - CNBC - 44 minutes 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 - 5 days ago

How a rightwing machine stopped Arkansas’s ballot to roll back one of the strictest abortion bans

A Guardian investigation into the ballot’s demise reveals a confluence of rightwing actors working in parallel to ensure the measure was quashed before it ever reached voters. The day Roe died: ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

Deadly impact of abortion bans surface as 10 states set to vote on ballot measures

Residents of 10 states will vote on abortion-related ballot measures. A spate of recent reports have emerged about the life-threatening consequences of strict bans.

Politics - NBC News - 3 days ago

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

Health - ABC News - October 16

Judge tells Florida's top doctor not to threaten TV stations over abortion-rights ads

A judge has ordered Florida's surgeon general from making further threats against TV stations over an abortion-rights ad they've been running

Health - ABC News - October 18

Judge blocks Florida surgeon general from threatening TV stations over abortion rights ad

A judge issued a restraining order against Florida’s surgeon general, after tv stations that ran an abortion-rights ad received cease-and-desist letters.

A county judge has struck down Ohio’s abortion ban, citing the state’s voter-approved reproductive rights amendment

Health - ABC News - October 24

Latest in Ballot Abortion Rights

In states without abortion on the ballot, the issue is still driving votes

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

Competing abortion proposals highlight a record number of ballot measures in Nebraska

Update on Arizona's vote count, Senate race and abortion ballot measure

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

Competing abortion proposals highlight a record number of ballot measures in Nebraska

Judge dismisses lawsuit over old abortion rights ruling in Mississippi

Harris stresses abortion rights and early voting in packed Atlanta rally

Could anger over abortion rights swing the US election?

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

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

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

Thousands of women rally nationwide for abortion rights and feminist causes

Florida abortion rights measure fails, CBS News projects

Missouri Voters Pass Measure to Protect Abortion Rights and End Ban

South Dakota voters defeat effort to put abortion rights in the state constitution

Amendments to protect abortion rights pass in 7 of 10 states

Abortion-rights measures go 7 for 10 in state elections

Abortion rights amendment's passage triggers new legal battle in Missouri

What Trump's second term could mean for abortion rights

How Trump's victory could change abortion rights in America

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

How a rightwing machine stopped Arkansas’s ballot to roll back one of the strictest abortion bans

Deadly impact of abortion bans surface as 10 states set to vote on ballot measures

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

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

Judge tells Florida's top doctor not to threaten TV stations over abortion-rights ads

Judge blocks Florida surgeon general from threatening TV stations over abortion rights ad

A county judge has struck down Ohio’s abortion ban, citing the state’s voter-approved reproductive rights amendment

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