More than two years after a historic Supreme Court decision ended the national right to an abortion, some states are fighting back—but the future of abortion rights remains in doubt.

Summary

Voters in seven states, including Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and New York, passed measures to protect or expand abortion access, highlighting widespread support for reproductive rights. Arizona and Missouri, previously restrictive states, will see significant changes with constitutional protections for abortion.

However, similar measures failed in Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota.

Trump has refrained from endorsing a national abortion ban, emphasizing state control, but his administration could use the 1873 Comstock Act to restrict abortion pill access.

Additionally, Trump’s FDA could reintroduce in-person requirements for abortion medication, making access more challenging.

    • fukhueson@lemmy.world
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      17 days ago

      But don’t you see how Democrats were taught a lesson for not putting forth a candidate better than Trump? /s

      https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/politics/2020-2016-exit-polls-2024-dg/

      In 2020, about half of Americans said abortion should be legal in all or most cases. In 2024, it’s about two-thirds of Americans who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases. But they didn’t necessarily tie that support to their vote for president. Nearly half of people who say abortion should be legal in most cases supported Trump.

      The median voter is a tangled mess of contradictions.