Midterm Voters Sent a Clear Message: Abortion Access Matters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The message was clear: abortion must be protected.
56% : The amendment would have made it practically impossible to challenge anti-abortion legislation in the court system.
50% : Here are the results from states where abortion was on the ballot yesterday.
47% : The ACLU tweeted about the victory: "Voters in Kentucky made it clear: Abortion is our RIGHT -- and politicians don't belong in our private medical decisions."
46% : Michigan voters approved Proposal 3, enshrining the right to abortion in the Michigan Constitution.
44% : As one of only a few states in the South where abortion is legal, North Carolina has become critical access point for people seeking abortions in the region.
43% : If passed, the measure on Montana's ballot would enact what anti-abortion rights groups call the "born alive" measure, requiring health care providers to treat any infants "born alive after an induced labor, cesarean section, attempted abortion, or another method" as legal persons, according to Ballotpedia.
40% : In Kentucky, voters defeated a ballot measure to remove any constitutional protections for abortion.
39% : Caroline Kitchener, who covers abortion for The Washington Post, tweeted: "It's hard to overstate the significance of this result for abortion access.
37% : Elizabeth Nash, who tracks state policy at the Guttmacher Institute, told The 19th that the law is a thinly veiled attempt to "try to couch abortion as dangerous and providers as unscrupulous.
34% : And in turn when you stigmatize abortion, you make it much easier to restrict and even ban it."

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