Abortion rights win big in 2023 elections, again

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : With incoming majorities in both chambers, that law seems poised to remain intact.
57% : Abortion also was a focal point in the race earlier this year for a high court seat in Wisconsin, where the liberal candidate won.
53% : This year, in Pennsylvania, Democrat Dan McCaffery won an open seat on the state Supreme Court after Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union invested in digital ads backing McCaffery over Republican Carolyn Carluccio.
50% : In what became one of the most closely watched campaigns of the year, Ohio voters approved a ballot initiative putting protections for reproductive health decisions in the state constitution, including abortion at least until fetal viability.
50% : Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, which advocates for ballot measures to advance progressive policies, said the amendment's passage represents voters in a red state -- with a Republican governor and legislature -- passing abortion protections.
48% : The vote in Ohio followed a special election in August, when Republican lawmakers put a question on the ballot - also called Issue 1 - that would have made it more difficult to amend the state constitution.
47% : With the fight over abortion policy increasingly playing out in state legislatures and courts, abortion rights advocates have been paying closer attention to state Supreme Court races.
43% : Abortion wasn't directly on the ballot in Virginia as it was in Ohio.

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