States Vote to Expand, Limit Access to Abortion

Michigan voters have adopted a ballot measure that maintains access to abortion as a state constitutional right, while Kentucky voters rejected a proposed amendment that would have declared there’s no state constitutional right to abortion.
The Michigan and Kentucky measures were two of five related to abortion that went before voters during the Nov. 8 midterm elections.
California and Vermont voters joined those in Michigan in approving a ballot measure that maintains or expands access to abortion.
In Montana, a “born-alive infants regulation” was rejected by voters, joining Michigan in failed attempts to adopt restrictive measures.
The Nov. 8 results appear to affirm the then-surprising rejection of the Kansas Value Them Both Amendment in an Aug. 2 special election. Kansas voters were presented with a constitutional proposal on their primary ballots that declared that there’s no constitutional right to abortion….}