Promote the right to abortion in at least three states

Where Rue’s rule revoked at the end of May against. valleyThe US states are free to legislate the right to abortion at their level. Five of them used the midterm elections on Tuesday (November 8th) to organize referendums on the issue.

Since the US Supreme Court ruling, dozens of states have banned abortion, or nearly all. On the contrary, the right to voluntary termination of pregnancy should be strengthened in at least three states, according to the partial findings you have provided PoliticoAnd the NBC News where is the Washington Post.

Michigan enshrines the right to reproductive freedom in its constitution

In this state in the north of the United States, there was a previous law of Ru against. Wade, who banned abortion, was banned by a judge. Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel, both out-of-term Democrats, did not want the law to go into effect after Roe’s repeal. against. valley.

On Tuesday, voters were called to vote on the state’s inclusion in the state constitution of the right to reproductive freedom. With more than 80% of the votes counted, “Yes” won Wednesday by about 56%.

Thus, this vote flatly buries the outlawed law that prohibits abortion in the state and creates this right to reproductive freedom, leaving women free of their own decisions on matters, particularly contraception, abortion or sterility.

Vermont guarantees the right to reproductive autonomy

With 99% of the votes cast in Vermont counted, voters largely chose to enshrine the state constitution’s right to reproductive autonomy. Politico He gave “Yes” 77.5% of the vote, and NBCNews 76%.

California supports the right to abortion by enshrining it in its constitution

Since the reversal of the rule of Ro against. Wade, California seeks to promote the right to abortion in its territory. The measure put to a vote on Tuesday would ratify that right into the state constitution, though, in particular, freedom of choice for contraceptives.

With less than 40% of the vote counted on Wednesday, voters largely voted in favour, unsurprisingly, by more than 65%.

Kentucky refuses to recognize the absence of the right to abortion

After dismantling the federal right to abortion, Kentucky was one of the states to outlaw abortion. Wednesday, with more than 80% of the votes counted, the results were very close.

but according to Washington Post and NBCNews, about 52% of voters voted against including a statement in the state constitution “Nothing in the constitution establishes the right to abortion.” If the proposal is well dismissed, abortion rights groups may have a better chance of succeeding in blocking the abortion ban in court.

Montana would not consider a live birth, even after a failed abortion, a person.

In Montana, there is a law that prohibits abortion after twenty weeks of pregnancy, but it has not yet taken effect. Currently, the right to abortion is guaranteed by the state constitution at any stage of pregnancy.

That is why the measure put to the vote on Tuesday states that a live birth – after an induction, a caesarean section, or even in the rare case of a failed abortion – is considered a person and, as such, receives appropriate medical care, in particular resuscitation.

Caregivers who do not respect this principle will face up to twenty years in prison and a $50,000 fine. While nearly 80% of the votes have been counted, voters rejected the measure on Wednesday by 53%.