Arizona, Florida, Nevada, and other states have put forth or are gathering signatures to allow residents to vote on abortion ballot measures.
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Now, some states are voting to extend and protect access to abortion.This week, seven states voted in support of such measures. And voters in Missouri, a state that has long restricted access, have voted to overturn its ban. It’s not all good news for proponents of reproductive rights—s...
Abortion has become a flash point in Nevada's Senate race where the incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto has zeroed on the issue blasting her opponent, former state attorney general Adam Laxalt for his opposition of abortion rights. Nearly 1,300 miles away, we met a couple in the...
I couldn’t help but think as I tried to fall asleep the night of the election last week, after we were assaulted with the news that Trump had somehow won — Trump who wailed for four years that the 2020 election was “Rigged!”“Stolen!” and claiming
Feminists have convinced themselves that any difference between men and women is oppression and that women in the United States are an oppressed minority. This is such a lie. American women are the most fortunate class of people who ever lived on the face of the earth. —Phyllis Schlafly ...
Throughout Wednesday, on this page, we’ll be updating readers on voting and elections in Seattle, Washington state and across the United States. Voter turnout climbs Wednesday Seattle's voter turnout is 81% and King County's stands at 78% as of W...
Even many of her supporters found that uninspiring. They often cited two reasons for their vote: her stance on abortion rights and a fear of Trump. Few had a strong sense of what she stood for beyond that. Sheron Campbell wears a Kamala Harris shirt while voting Tuesday in Oakland. ...
The Biden-Harris administration has also enacted regulations aimed at increasing abortion access. A second Trump administration could undo those. Abortion rights advocates are also wary that a Trump administration would try to enforce the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that could be used to stop...
Abortion has shown to be a winning issue for the party. Harris has long been a leading voice on reproductive rights for Democrats, and the party has filled this week’s convention with reminders of the election’s stakes two years after the Dobbs decision rocked the country. Lead ...