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Nathaniel Rakich and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux
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Abortion
By Nathaniel Rakich and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and Nathaniel Rakich and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux
Graphics by Elena Mejía
Dec. 13, 2022, at 10:27 AM
SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion-rights advocates took their fight to the states — and they won. The pro-choice side emerged victorious in nearly every 2022 election where abortion rights were at stake — including five ballot measures to either enshrine or abolish abortion rights in state constitutions. For many liberals, it felt like they had hit upon a winning strategy to protect abortion rights in a post-Roe world: bring the issue directly to the people. Talk quickly started about putting more pro-abortion-rights amendments on the ballot in 2024.
But there’s a problem: Many states don’t let citizens put constitutional amendments on the ballot. And that includes most of the states with the strictest abortion bans.
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Democrats Want To Put Abortion On The Ballot — But Many States Won’t Let Them
By Nathaniel Rakich and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and Nathaniel Rakich and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux
Graphics by Elena Mejía
Dec. 13, 2022, at 10:27 AM
SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion-rights advocates took their fight to the states — and they won. The pro-choice side emerged victorious in nearly every 2022 election where abortion rights were at stake — including five ballot measures to either enshrine or abolish abortion rights in state constitutions. For many liberals, it felt like they had hit upon a winning strategy to protect abortion rights in a post-Roe world: bring the issue directly to the people. Talk quickly started about putting more pro-abortion-rights amendments on the ballot in 2024.
But there’s a problem: Many states don’t let citizens put constitutional amendments on the ballot. And that includes most of the states with the strictest abortion bans.
Continue reading...