Where abortion was on the ballot, Americans voted to protect it

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Anti-abortion activists in other states will be scratching their heads.
48% : First, that Republican voters are more likely than their representatives to support some access to abortion.
45% : In the end, 57% voted in favour of a constitutional right to abortion.
44% : Only two years ago such an amendment was passed in Louisiana, where views on abortion are similar.
42% : Most Americans favour some access to abortion and few want absolute bans.
42% : And in Kentucky, the result leaves the door open for legal challenges to regain some access to abortion.
38% : For Lexi Bright, a 24-year-old from New Albany, Ohio, abortion was "definitely" a big part of her reason to vote.
34% : Vote no and judges will decide on abortion and providers could go to prison, claimed proponents.
32% : Make no mistake, four in ten Americans believe abortion is morally wrong, according to Gallup, a pollster.
31% : Six in ten believe abortion should be legal in most or all cases; only 8% believe it should always be illegal, according to the American Values Survey.
31% : Over the past two years, the share of Republicans who believe abortion should be illegal in all circumstances has fallen by more than half, from 23% in 2020 to just 11% in 2022.
26% : Kentuckians were asked whether to amend their constitution by adding a clause that explicitly said abortion was not protected; remarkably, in a state with some of the most conservative views on abortion, 52% rejected this.

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