Abortion Access for 2 Million Women Will Be Changing
Originally published by N. Kirkpatrick for The Washington Post
Voters across seven states approved ballot measure sto safeguard abortion rights through their state constitutions, a result that could soon bolster reproductive health care for more than 2million American women.
All but three of the proposed measures aimed at preserving or expanding abortion access passed. Measures in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota failed to garner the support needed to pass, marking the first time that voters in any state have rejected such initiatives since the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
Still, the message from both conservative and moderate states is that a majority of voters, regardless of party, do not support laws banning or significantly restricting the procedure.
Even with bans, the post-Roe era has changed the way many women obtain an abortion. The drugs mifepristone and misoprostol are now used for nearly two-thirds of all procedures, a figure that is expected to continue rising.