Voters nationwide approved seven of 10 ballot initiatives preserving abortion rights. Five on marijuana got a mixed response on Tuesday. All 8 ballot measure to prohibit noncitizens voting were ...

Ohio on Nov. 7 became the seventh state where voters directly backed abortion access since Roe v. Wade was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022. The ballot question enshrines the right to ...

Republican lawmakers are working to cut off ballot measures that enact progressive policies by making it harder for citizen-led measures to qualify for a vote or be enforced.

The party has largely shifted its attention to other fights, as some acknowledge the difficulty of battling President Donald Trump on the issue.

The group — which, unlike the coalitions fighting for similar measures in other states, does not include any support or backing from major national abortion rights groups, such as Planned ...

The state’s Republicans are putting abortion on a ballot question again, seeking to buck the trend of voters siding with abortion rights on ballot measures. By Kate Zernike In November, Missouri ...

But what is happening in Missouri is still a sign about the limits of ballot measures. Missouri Republicans already have crafted a new ballot measure that voters will face, most likely in 2026 .

Just a few months ago, Missouri voters approved a ballot measure to protect abortion rights. That measure, known as Amendment 3, added a “reproductive freedom” amendment to the state constitution.

The new measure seeks to repeal the abortion-rights amendment and instead allow abortions only for a medical emergency or fetal anomaly, or in cases of rape or incest up to 12 weeks of pregnancy.

For now, the referendum is set to appear on a ballot in 2026. Missouri lawmakers passed a voter referendum Wednesday that, if approved, would repeal protections for abortion rights and restore a ...

Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment’s repeal and instead ban ...