As states grapple with the future of abortion in the U.S., Michigan, California and Vermont could become the first states to let voters decide whether the right to abortion should be written into the state constitution.
In Michigan, a proposed constitutional amendment would override a 90-year-old state law that makes abortion a felony even in cases of rape or incest. The U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade last month could revive that abortion ban — and has galvanized abortion rights advocates to secure new protections.
Some of the momentum is coming from activists getting involved for the first time.
