Voters enshrine abortion rights in 3 state constitutions; pro-life proposals defeated in 2

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : While the state may regulate abortion beyond fetal viability unless a physician determines an abortion is medically necessary, Prop 3 allows individuals to make all pregnancy-related decisions without interference.
42% : The abortion advocacy group Protect Kentucky Access campaigned against the amendment, encouraging residents to vote no and "keep abortion safe and legal in Kentucky."
41% : California, Michigan and Vermont all put forward measures to constitutionally codify abortion rights, while Montana and Kentucky sought to protect born-alive infants and deny a constitutional right to abortion.
41% : California voted in favor of Proposition 1, also known as Prop 1, a ballot measure to change the California Constitution to guarantee a right to abortion and contraceptives.
39% : With the latest measure, pro-life advocacy groups fear that California will now allow "abortion until birth for any reason."
38% : Wendy Wilton, a Vermont resident who supports abortion but opposed Proposal 5, expressed concerns about the bill's language in an Oct. 5 op-ed for VTDigger, calling it "vague" and "open-ended."
36% : Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge Larry E. Thompson reinstated the state's near-total ban on abortion in August.
34% : Critics of the measure, including advocacy groups like the social conservative California Family Council and Pro-Life San Francisco, claim that Prop 1 removes all limitations on abortion by removing the state's viability restriction.
34% : Residents of Kentucky voted down Constitutional Amendment 2, a measure that would have amended the state's constitution to state that there is no right to abortion or any requirement to fund abortion.
33% : After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, Kentucky banned abortion in nearly all circumstances.

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