Results from the first presidential election since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with the Dobbs decision are already pouring in. So far, Florida voters rejected a measure that would have overturned the state's six-week abortion ban, becoming the first state to vote against a reproductive rights measure since Dobbs. While 57.4% of Florida voters approved of Amendment 4, the ballot question needed a 60 percent supermajority to pass, according to The Hill.
Meanwhile, Missouri, Colorado, New York and Maryland passed their respective abortion rights measures. Missouri currently has one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country, but Amendment 3, which passed with 53.5% of the vote, will enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution. Colorado's Amendment 79 will also make abortion a constitutional right in the state while lifting a 40-year-old state ban on using government funds for the procedure. Arizona became the third state of the evening to enshrine abortion rights in its state constitution, overturning a law that banned abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy with 62.9% of the vote.
