Abortion protections and restrictions in the midterm elections

 Here's a post-election report from the NYT on how abortion protections and restrictions fared in the midterm elections. (It tries to reflect not only specific referenda and constitutional amendments, but also the platforms of elected candidates...)

Where the Midterms Mattered Most for Abortion Access  By Allison McCann, Amy Schoenfeld Walker, John-Michael Murphy and Sarah Cahalan

"The first election to put abortion rights to the test after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade appears unlikely to reshape the map of abortion access — at least not overnight. Voters in much of the country reinforced the status quo, choosing candidates who are likely to either maintain existing protections or restrictions in their states, or deepen them."

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Here's MSNBC's roundup, in an opinion piece that looks more at specific laws on the ballot:

The 2022 midterms abortion results should surprise literally no one. When voters get a say in their own individual reproductive rights, most want to keep them. By Emma Gray,

"On Thursday, Montana’s “Born Alive” legislative referendum officially failed.

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"This meant that Montana’s voters joined Vermonters, Michiganders, Californians and even voters in deep-red Kentucky in protecting abortion rights. Vermont, Michigan and California enshrined reproductive freedom in their state Constitutions, and in Kentucky, voters struck down a proposed constitutional amendment that would have explicitly stated that there is no right to abortion in the state."