Democrats Voted, and It Didn't Save Abortion. What Now?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : One issue that's led to a groundswell of Republican, anti-abortion power in the majority of state legislatures, Wu says, is a tendency for many Democratic voters to pay attention only to the name at the top of the ticket, overlooking critical down-ballot races and, in many cases, leading to the election of anti-abortion extremists who enact laws like Texas' SB8.
58% : Abortion funds see the consequences of years of anti-abortion legislation and inaction from Democratic lawmakers every single day.
51% : This week, abortion funds across the country launched Abortion Within Reach, a vision for the future of abortion access.
47% : Abortion is a constitutionally protected right.
44% : Abortion Within Reach has a number of demands that want to increase access.
42% : In December, the ultra-conservative Supreme Court heard arguments to directly challenge the constitutionality of abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which capped off a year that saw 108 abortion restrictions passed in 19 states.
40% : After the passage of Texas' S.B. 8 banning abortion after 6 weeks and instituting civil actions against anyone who aided or abetted an abortion in September, conservative state legislatures tripped over each other to pass their own Texas-style abortion bans, all while the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across our respiratory systems.
37% : What we see is usually those patients will face the most barriers, and a percentage of them will not be able to access abortion at all."

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