In all five states with ballot measures this month, voters opted to either preserve the right to choose or struck down attempts to roll abortion access back
In previous elections, Stephanie Clayton didn’t talk much about abortion. A Democrat representing a suburban swing district in the Kansas state legislature, she was more used to stumping on education and taxes.the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
“A pro-choice platform was very important in my race. I won in a landslide even though my district was heavily targeted by the right,” said Ms. Clayton, who took nearly two-thirds of the popular vote. “A lot of moderate Republican voters don’t want to deal with this far-right drama.” Incumbent Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer ran ads that highlighted Republican rival Tudor Dixon’s support for a total abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest. Ms. Whitmer also made economic arguments for choice, pledging to lure workers and business investment away from Ohio and Indiana, bordering red states that have enacted bans. Ms. Dixon, by contrast, played down the issue.
California and Vermont also passed abortion protections by referendum handily. In Kentucky and Montana, meanwhile, voters rejected efforts to restrict abortion. The pro-choice side also won an earlier ballot measure in Kansas in August. Even in crucial swing states without abortion on the ballot, Democrats did well by pushing the issue. In Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial race, Democrat Josh Shapiro handily dispatched Republican Doug Mastriano, who has said women who get abortions should be charged criminally. In the state’s senatorial contest, Democratic contender John Fetterman hammered his Republican rival, Mehmet Oz, for saying “local political leaders” should be involved in abortion decisions.
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