Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, tensions over abortion have only intensified, setting the presidential election up as a referendum on fundamental rights for tens of millions of women.
Following the CNN Presidential Town Hall in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with an undecided voter who disagrees with her stance on abortion.
Abortion has overtaken immigration to become the second most important issue for voters heading into the 2024 election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Newsweek polling suggests.
Now, 10 states and counting will have measures to amend their constitutions to protect abortion rights on the ballot in November. Those states are currently Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Nevada, New York, South Dakota, Missouri, Montana, and most recently Nebraska.
The ad is part of a final push by the Democratic presidential nominee to highlight how medical care has grown increasingly unstable for pregnant women.
Even if abortion isn’t directly on the ballot in Pennsylvania, the message about the stakes is reaching them in ways that consider the many intersectional identities of voters.
Vice President Kamala Harris has said that she opposes any concessions on a national abortion law if elected president, rejecting any proposal that would include possible religious exemptions
Voters in at least 30 states will decide who will fill 69 state supreme court seats in judicial elections in November.
In another fact-check, we examined a claim by Amendment 4’s supporters that Florida’s six-week law has "no real exceptions. Not for her health. Not even for rape." The exceptions for rape, incest and the pregnant woman’s health are narrow and include obstacles, but an ad left a misleading impression .
Voters in 10 states will decide this November whether to adopt constitutional amendments that could shape the future of abortion access in their states. Most of the measures seek to protect abortion access until fetal viability,