Abortion-rights amendments fail in three states in biggest anti-abortion win since Dobbs

Published November 6, 2024 12:50pm ET



Anti-abortion advocates took home a surprise victory on election night with the rebuke of three of the sweeping abortion amendments on ballots in 10 states across the country, breaking the trend of electoral wins for abortion-rights measures in each referendum since the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Measures that would have allowed abortion until fetal viability did pass on Tuesday in two states that implemented gestational age restrictions on abortion following the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. But similar amendments in Florida, South Dakota, and Nebraska, each with their own post-Dobbs limits on abortion, failed to gain the necessary votes to pass.

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