Bonsitu Kitaba, deputy legal director for the ACLU of Michigan, co-wrote — and cast her first vote as a United States citizen — for the state’s new reproductive freedom amendment.
The highly anticipated announcement from Pelosi, an 82-year-old California Democrat, comes after Republicans won back control of the House in the 2022 midterms.
Pro-abortion rights ballot measures outperformed Democrats on the ballot in three states, while Republican politicians ran ahead of failed anti-abortion ballot measures in two states.
The election between Hobbs, Arizona’s chief election official, and Lake, a television anchor turned GOP star, was one of the most consequential governor’s races of 2022.
RESOLVE, a major advocacy group, is launching a new campaign to bring fertility patients’ and doctors’ stories directly to lawmakers — and the public — in 2023.
Democrats are projected to hold the Senate with a win by Cortez Masto, the Senate’s only Latina.
Democrats, campaigning partly on abortion, outperformed expectations and could flip up to four chambers in battleground state house races where they’ve spent years playing defense.
The outcomes of races for key governorships, ballot measures, and state legislatures were a best-case scenario for abortion rights groups and a vindication of Democrats’ strategy.
Harris, interviewed by The 19th’s Errin Haines along with actor DeWanda Wise, emphasized abortion rights and democracy in her pre-election pitch to young voters of color.
In Pennsylvania, as well as North Carolina, Wisconsin and Kansas, the outcome of elections for state lawmakers could have big impacts on the legality of abortion in those states — and access for people beyond them.