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Here are the places where abortion is on the ballot (in one way or another) this week

Abortion is on the ballot in California, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana and Vermont, but it's also playing a major role in races for governor, attorney general and state supreme courts nationwide.

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‘My gut-felt, heartbreaking decision’ – Tracey Emin on her ‘A-Z of abortion’ blanket

The artist made The Last of the Gold to help women considering a termination. With the issue dominating the US midterms, which reach their climax tomorrow, the work seems more potent than ever

The Guardian - UK

Biden, Trump to Make Final Appeals Ahead of Crucial Midterms

An election year that unfolded against the backdrop of economic turmoil, the elimination of federal abortion rights and broad concerns about the future of democracy is concluding with a final full day of campaigning in which leaders of both parties will issue urgent appeals to their supporters. President Joe Biden…

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‘This is a state of emergency’: the US billboards using art to urge abortion access

In states across the US with restricted access to abortions, artists have designed billboards to insist on voters to prioritise women’s health in time for the midterm elections

The Guardian - US

‘A new political hellscape’: sweeping gains for Republicans could stifle Biden’s presidency

Momentum appears to be with Republicans capitalising on economic frustration as experts say party peaking at right time

The Guardian - US

What to watch in the high-stakes 2022 midterm elections

All 50 states are hosting midterm elections that will determine the balance of power in Washington and state capitals across the nation

The Independent UK

Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke both ask: Who’s more terrible for Texas?

DALLAS — As Texans prepare to elect their next governor, Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke have similar campaign messages: The other guy would be terrible for Texas.

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California Democrats rally for abortion rights measure Proposition 1

LOS ANGELES — California's top Democrats rallied in Long Beach on Sunday morning to urge voters to support Proposition 1, a state constitutional amendment that would block the state from passing any measures restricting access to abortion or contraception.

Los Angeles Times

Democrats risk losing 100% winning record in Texas' 28th District

The district has been a Democratic stronghold since 1993.

Axios

Religious right roadmap to Liberal Party control revealed as internal ructions over church groups increase

A roadmap outlining how the religious right can "infiltrate" the Liberal Party with "Good Godly" candidates has been linked to a controversial former Liberal candidate and current member of the party's state assembly in Victoria.

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Just another midterm election? Or does a November surprise await?

In one sense, the fundamentals of this election season have remained remarkably consistent. President Joe Biden's approval ratings languish in the low 40s. High inflation stubbornly persists. And odds have stayed stacked against the sitting president's party.

Los Angeles Times

As midterms near, clergy preach politics and civics lessons

U.S. faith leaders have squeezed in some final messages about the midterm elections during their weekend worship services

The Independent UK

America's red state abortion wipeout

Several states saw the number of abortions drop to less than 10 a month.

Axios

Call Jane review – timely, if occasionally jarring, abortion drama

Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver are charismatic in Phyllis Nagy’s directorial debut, about a group of women in the 60s providing abortions outside the law

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Karen Bass could be LA’s first female mayor. How important is milestone to Angelenos?

LOS ANGELES — For the last 241 years, the city of Los Angeles has been run by men.

The Guardian - US

These companies claim to support abortion rights. They are backing anti-abortion Republicans

An analysis of major companies’ donations, including Meta and Amazon, reveals donations to candidates calling for banning the procedure

Tribune News Service

As voters worry about inflation, Democrats still hope abortion rights drives voter turnout in Florida — against Republicans

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Abortion rights is such an important issue to Rebecca Thompson, of Pembroke Pines, that she brought her 2-year-old daughter with her to early vote.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Obama, Biden and Trump all campaign in Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA — Three presidents swept through Pennsylvania on Saturday, aiming to rally their supporters in the closing stretch before Tuesday’s election and signaling the national weight of the state’s races for governor, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House.

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Discovered by Oprah, elevated by Trump, Dr Mehmet Oz could triumph over John Fetterman in Pennsylvania

With election day looming in the US midterms, all eyes are on swing state Pennsylvania, where a Trump-backed celebrity doctor is closing in on his progressive opponent in a key Senate race.

The Guardian - US

White women have been voting against their (reproductive) interests for years

The latest polls are a sobering reminder that some women will vote in ways that threaten their bodily autonomy if it helps bolster their status

The Guardian - US

Ohio’s partisan supreme court election could decide abortion’s future in state

The midterms include key elections to the state’s highest court as the judicial system becomes increasingly politicized

Tribune News Service

Campaign mailer misleads voters on Kansas Supreme Court retention and abortion rights

Days before the election, a misleading mailer went out to Kansans that falsely implied voters can protect abortion rights by ousting Kansas Supreme Court justices.

Tribune News Service

In midterms, inflation and border overshadow fears for democracy and abortion rights

WASHINGTON — Unless nearly every pollster in America is wrong, Republicans will retake the House in Tuesday’s midterms, and maybe the Senate.

Tribune News Service

Kari Lake's election denial in Arizona looms large for 2024 race

If Kari Lake becomes Arizona governor as polls suggest, she is likely to keep the critical swing state at the center of a national fight over election denial ahead of the 2024 presidential race, when former President Donald Trump is likely to run again.

The Independent UK

California governor pardons abortion activist from 1940s

Gov. Gavin Newsom has posthumously pardoned an abortion activist from the 1930s and 1940s

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