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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker accelerates abortion advocacy on eve of the election

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Missouri Voters Overturn Abortion Ban in Decisive Win for Reproductive Rights

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"We advocate for unfettered access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare."

"Abortion is health care."

Democrats "trust women to make decisions about their own body."

"A woman's right to access safe abortion is a non-negotiable human right."

"Abortion should be legal and safe, with the caveat that I support the Hyde Amendment."

"I believe a decision to abort a child should be up to the women during the first three months of life."

"What we wanted to do is get it [abortion legislation] back to the states."

"I am pro-life. I wanna save as many babies as possible."

Where Do Candidates Stand on Abortion?

10 US states held referendum votes on abortion during the 2024 US election on Tuesday, seven of which voted to expand or retain abortion rights while three voted to uphold abortion restrictions.

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Two of the seven pro-abortion votes were in Missouri, which overturned its previous total ban and codified the right to abortion up to fetal viability, and Arizona, which voted to overturn its previous 15-week ban and protect abortion up to viability.

New York, Montana, and Nevada voted to expand or uphold their existing abortion rights up until viability. Meanwhile, Maryland voted to allow abortion with no gestational limits, and Colorado voted to enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution and repeal its ban on publicly-funded abortions.

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The other three were South Dakota, which voted against abortion in the first trimester; Nebraska, which voted to uphold its 12-week ban, and Florida, which rejected a measure to allow abortion until viability.

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Nebraska saw two opposing measures, including one that would "establish a fundamental right to abortion until fetal viability," which failed, while passing the second to uphold its 12-week ban. Florida's amendment received a reported 58.4%, coming in shy of the required 60%.

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