Voters in 4 States Move to Safeguard Abortion Rights

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who also won his reelection, called the new amendment protecting abortion in his state's constitution "a point of pride.
47% : Voters there approved an amendment to the state's constitution guaranteeing the right to abortion.
43% : In Michigan, California and Vermont, voters approved measures that would amend their state constitutions to protect abortion, about four months after the U.S. Supreme Court removed the constitutional right to the procedure, the New York Times reported.
40% : Voters there nixed a ballot measure that would have denied any constitutional protections for abortion.
36% : When the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was made in late June, that enlivened a dormant state law banning abortion.

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