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According to preliminary results, voters in the US states of New York, Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Montana and Missouri on Tuesday (November 5th, 2024) approved measures to protect or expand the Abortion rights adopted.
However, this apparent Democratic victory in the six states mentioned is at odds with the results in Florida, where the proposal to expand abortion rights was rejected because the vote did not reach the 60 percent of votes required for approval.
So Florida will maintain its ban on abortion after six weeks, even though the vote showed more votes in favor of women’s freedom of choice.
This is a new setback for the Democratic Party, which is campaigning to mark the 50th anniversary of the famous Roe v. Wade campaigned to protect abortion.
In total, there were a dozen states that put these measures to a vote on an election day that ended with the victory of the Republican candidate and former president of the country, Donald Trump, who will return to the White House.
Although the proposal to allow access to abortion up to 24 weeks – the limit of fetal viability – failed in Florida, the amendment to repeal a near-total ban is expected to win in Missouri, despite being the first state in the country to do so was that banned abortion – except in emergencies – after the Supreme Court de facto revoked the right to abortion in 2022 by overturning existing case law.
In Arizona, however, more than 60 percent of voters supported the amendment to protect abortion rights and expand access beyond 15 weeks.
In two other states, Nebraska and South Dakota, current restrictions are likely to remain in place – although Nebraska could protect elective abortion up to 12 weeks.
Finally, Nevada is expected to add abortion rights to the state constitution, although the measure must be reaffirmed in the 2026 general election. These votes are an attempt to enshrine abortion rights in state constitutions with the goal of overturning bans or restrictions on elective abortion.
Source: Agencies
