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● Ballot Measures: Voters in California, Michigan, and Vermont resoundingly approved amendments to their state constitutions last year that now guarantee the right to an abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, but many more states can—and should—follow suit.
Two states, New York and Maryland, in fact have already placed similar amendments on the ballot, but another 21 could do the same thing, as illustrated in the map at the top of this post (click here for a larger version). Together, these 26 states would cover 58% of the nation’s population—a critical step in the battle to restore abortion rights for the entire nation.
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