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Supporters of abortion rights went undefeated in four states where the issue was on the ballot Tuesday, following the Supreme Court’s June decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
In California, Michigan, and Vermont, voters enshrined the right to choose in their state’s constitutions — while voters in the reliably red state of Kentucky rejected a proposed amendment to the state constitution saying there was neither a right to abortion nor a requirement for the state to fund the procedure.
The Kentucky result resembled an August special vote in Kansas, where voters overwhelmingly said “no” to a non-binding measure that would have cleared the way for the state legislature to overturn a 2019 court decision protecting the procedure in the Kansas Bill of Rights.
“As we saw in Kansas earlier this year, and in many other states last night, this is not a partisan issue,” said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, in a statement. “People are energized and they do not want politicians controlling their bodies and futures.”
With 90% of the expected vote tallied in the Bluegrass State, 52.3% of voters had opted to reject the proposed constitutional amendment — including some who voted to re-elect Republican Sen.
