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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Christine Fernando and Geoff Mulvihill

Abortion rights amendment's passage triggers new legal battle in Missouri

APTOPIX Election 2024 Florida Abortion - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Abortion rights advocates prevailed on seven ballot measures across the U.S. in Tuesday's election and lost on three.

The losses are the first on statewide reproductive rights ballot measures anywhere in the U.S. since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, a ruling that struck down the nearly 50-year nationwide right to abortion, proving that abortion opponents can win on ballot measures.

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