Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe last June, 17 Republican controlled states have banned or heavily restricted abortion. A total of 24 states will ban or restrict abortion soon, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
In the case of all six of the abortion-related initiatives that were on the ballot in several states this year, voters chose to protect abortion rights. It was also an issue that helped propel some candidates to victory. “Newly registered women were two-thirds of newly-registered voters and abortion is what was bringing them out to the polls,” says Becca Andrews, author of ‘NO CHOICE: The Destruction of Roe v. Wade and the Fight to Protect a Fundamental American Right’. Dr. Rachael Bedard and her organization Families United for Freedom were involved in the ballot measure campaigns in Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, and Montana. She tells Ali Velshi, “What I think we learned this cycle…is that if you target the question and the messaging to where voters’ values already are, you can win on persuasion.”
connected, is a mistake. i think going forward it would be great to see those two issues put together. women know our economic states are tied to abortion rights, our ability to control our reproductive lives. so you know, going forward, it will be great to see people actually understand that instead of separating the two. i think the choice of your title in your book, which includes the fight to protect the fundamental american right is important. because for guys like me, it is important to understand that this is a right, like someone else s right to vote, without a, democracy is incomplete. thank you for that. doctor aboard, the day after the election, you quit it tote, referendums have the potential to motivate turnout and scramble partisan dynamics, but also i would note that initiatives are designed to match the values of the voter