First Kansas, Next Michigan and Beyond as Abortion Ballot Measures Spread

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% :Democrats have performed well in a string of special House elections since federal constitutional protection of abortion ended, including Democratic victories in Alaska and the Hudson Valley in New York.
50% : Mini Timmaraju, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, said conversations about future ballot measures would gather steam after the fall elections, if, indeed, abortion proves to be a major driver in Democratic gains.
46% : Now, it is planning digital and television advertising, mailers and canvassing operations to paint the amendment as an "extreme" provision that would allow abortion throughout pregnancy.
45% : Democrats in Michigan say the referendum will supercharge activism among a broad swath of voters determined to keep abortion legal in the state, just as another referendum did in August, when 59 percent of voters in reliably Republican Kansas voted to maintain abortion access in the state.
42% : The abortion amendment on the ballot does not include language limiting or regulating abortion, but it does invite the State Legislature to impose restrictions in line with Supreme Court precedents before the decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.
42% : The amendment would allow the state "to prohibit abortion after fetal viability unless needed to protect a patient's life or physical or mental health."
42% : In an interview with The New York Times, Ms. Dixon said she intended to campaign on issues she hears about on the trail, such as education and crime, not abortion.
40% : With little time to gather signatures, just four other states will vote on abortion referendums in November: Montana and Kentucky on Republican measures to restrict abortion, and California and Vermont on cementing abortion access.
39% : But, for now, Democrats appear most eager to push the issue amid early signs that abortion is motivating their voters.
39% : Since Roe was struck down, the courts have blocked enforcement of that state ban and abortions have continued, along with court cases.
37% :Michigan law on abortion is a subject of dispute.
32% : In one sign of momentum behind abortion-rights supporters, Tudor Dixon, the Republican challenging Ms. Whitmer for the governorship, has been trying to soften her hard-line stance against abortion.

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