The future of abortion care is on the ballot in these five states

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62% : And in Montana, voters will weigh in on a so-called "born alive" measure backed by anti-abortion activists, with far-reach implications for families suffering pregnancy complications.
62% : But the measure raises the baseless spectre among anti-abortion activists that children are "born alive" after "failed" abortions and then killed.
52% : "The reality is that this represents government interference in the patient-physician relationship at times when families need compassionate care and trust in their health care professionals the most.
49% : "The rights of Kentucky women to make their own private medical decisions free from government interference are on the line this November."
48% : In August, voters rejected a Republican-proposed state constitutional amendment that would gut protections for abortion care in Kansas, a "red state" that went for Donald Trump in 2020, and which anti-abortion activists anticipated would kickstart a nationwide campaign to end legal abortion after the decades-long movement to gut Roe v Wade finally got what it wanted from the Supreme Court.
48% : "But I think it's clear that in Montana, anti-abortion lawmakers want to see how far the state will go to vote on a statewide referendum that is seemed to restrict abortion."
47% : The measure would also "ensure that all Michiganders have the right to safe and respectful care during birthing, everyone has the right to use temporary or permanent birth control, everyone has the right to continue or end a pregnancy pre-viability, and no one can be punished for having a miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion.
44% :Petitioners broke a state record collecting thousands of signatures to get a measure on Michigan ballots that would amend the state's constitution to enshrine the right to access abortion and birth control.
44% :Neither California nor Vermont have an explicit constitutional right to abortion, but both states allow for legal abortion care - at all stages of pregnancy in Vermont and up to roughly 24 weeks in California.
43% : Michigan voters will decide whether "every person has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which involves the right to make and carry out decisions without political interference about all matters relating to pregnancy, including birth control, abortion, prenatal care, and childbirth."
42% : A so-called "trigger" law that bans abortion in the state without Roe protections was enacted after the Supreme Court's ruling.
42% : California voters will decide whether to amend the state's constitution to prohibit the state from interfering with "reproductive freedom," including the right to abortion.
41% : Please try again later{{ /verifyErrors }}Less than two months after the US Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion, Kansas voters shocked the country - and a multimillion dollar anti-abortion campaign - with the results of America's first referendum on abortion rights after the high court's landmark ruling.
41% : "This has nothing to do with abortion," they wrote.

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