Florida’s abortion amendment fails, leaving 6-week ban in place

Abortion rights amendment defeated

TALLAHASSEE — A ballot proposal that would have enshrined abortion rights in the Florida Constitution failed Tuesday, giving a major political victory to Gov. Ron DeSantis — and dealing a huge blow to abortion-rights supporters. The measure, which appeared on the ballot as Amendment 4, received support from 57 percent of voters, short of the required 60 percent approval to pass. The failure of the amendment ensures that a law largely preventing …

Abortion rights advocates win in 6 states, but lose in 3

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Missouri cleared the way to undo one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans in one of five victories for abortion rights advocates, while Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota defeated similar constitutional amendments, leaving bans in place.

Abortion rights advocates win in 6 states but lose in 3

WASHINGTON — Voters in Missouri cleared the way to undo one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans in one of five victories for abortion rights advocates, while Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota defeated similar constitutional amendments, leaving bans in place.Abortion rights amendments also passed in Arizona, Colorado and Maryland. Nevada voters also approved an amendment, but they’ll need to pass it again in 2026 for it to take effect…

Multiple US states extend abortion rights, Florida measure fails

WASHINGTON — Residents in a handful of US states extended or enshrined into law the right to an abortion, results showed Wednesday, while voters in Florida defeated a measure that would have increased access. The ballot initiatives, which ran in parallel to the US presidential election, come more than two years after the Supreme Court overturned the federal right to the procedure, leaving the matter up to states. A total of 10 states had measure…

Multiple US states vote to extend abortion rights

Voters approved most of the referendums expanding the right to abortion in US states, while Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota rejected such measures, giving anti-abortion advocates their first victories since the US Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to the procedure in 2022.

Multiple US states extend abortion rights, while Florida measure fails

Ten states had measures on the ballot – nearly all giving voters the chance to enshrine abortion rights into law. Read more at straitstimes.com.