The results are a rebuke for Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who had promised to work for a 15-week abortion ban if his party won.
With the victory on Issue 1, abortion rights advocates are on a 7-and-0 ballot measure winning streak since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
The anti-abortion record of his Republican opponent, Attorney General Daniel Cameron, became a key issue in the race even though the governor’s office has little control over abortion policy.
Abortion rights supporters have worked to combat widespread misinformation — and attempts by state leaders to thwart the passage of an amendment that would guarantee a right to abortion.
The federal government requires state Medicaid programs to pay for abortions in limited circumstances, but Iowa hasn’t done so for years.
Republicans in the state are embracing a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Both parties think that stance helps them.
The Louisiana Republican’s ascension puts an ally of one of the country’s most influential anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion groups third in line for the presidency.
Enforcing a more restrictive abortion law in the state that has emerged as a regional hub in the South is expected to result in “a very chaotic situation,” researchers say.
Pregnant people were more likely to die from mental health conditions than any other cause, a CDC analysis found.
Abortion may still be a motivator for her base in Wisconsin, but the country’s first out LGBTQ+ woman in Congress is talking more about bipartisan issues.