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The 2022 midterm elections were the first national elections to be conducted following the US Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in June, leading five states to place abortion-related initiatives on their ballot.
Of the five states, voters in California, Michigan, Kentucky, and Vermont signaled overwhelming support for abortion rights.
Montana’s legislative referendum has yet to be called as of Wednesday afternoon.
California will enshrine abortion rights into its state constitution after voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Proposition 1.
The state legislature put the measure on the ballot — which will amend the state’s constitution to say that the state cannot take away a person’s right to abortion or contraception and will not interfere with reproductive freedoms — around the time of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson.
State law will still allow for late-term abortions in special cases and require people who perform these medical procedures to be licensed.
Michigan will codify the right to an abortion in its state constitution after well over half of voters voted “yes” on Proposal 3, which will amend the state’s constitution to add an individual right to reproductive freedom, including abortion.
