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California voters expected to pass abortion rights measure | Elections News


Democrats hope that the fight to protect abortion rights will galvanize voters in the November midterm elections.

California has begun voting on a ballot measure that would include abortion and contraception rights in the state’s constitution.

Early voting for the November 8 election has begun in California this week, with polls showing about two-thirds of California voters in favor of the amendment.

“We know when people know that abortion is on the ballot, they are likely to come out and vote for it,” said Jodi Hicks, president of Planned Parenthood Affiliates in California.

Advocates said the move would send a message in support of abortion rights at a time when they are being threatened across the US, according to a US Supreme Court ruling. decided in june overturned Roe v Wadean earlier case established federal abortion rights.

The court’s decision in June had a significant impact on the state of abortion rights in the United States, with many States led by the Republican Party transition to restrictive bans.

According to the Guttmacher Institute, an anti-abortion rights research group, 66 clinics More than 15 states stopped providing abortion care during the first 100 days after the court decision.

The future of access to abortion is on the ballot in several US states including Michigan, Kentucky and Vermont. The Democratic Party hopes that Republican attacks on abortion rights will spark a backlash in the midterm elections in November that will determine control of the US Congress.

Those hopes were kindled in August, when voters in the state KansasA stronghold of the Republican Party, resoundedly voted down the proposal to ban abortion.

States like California, a bastion of the Democratic Party, have taken countermeasures to protect what they see as essential rights from a Republican-led Party. suppress about abortion services.

California has passed a number of laws aimed at protecting those who come to the state seeking abortion procedures, considering themselves a Sanctuary for those seeking abortion.

The ballot measure, known as Proposition One, would state that the state “will not deny or interfere with an individual’s reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, including their own choice to have an abortion and their fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives”.

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California’s Republicans have largely resigned over the likely measure and have spent few resources opposing it.

Under California law, abortions are allowed until 24 weeks of gestation, with some exceptions allowed after that in situations where the mother’s life may be in danger.

A September survey by the Public Policy Institute of California found that 69 percent of voters are likely to support the proposal, with 40 percent of voters “yes” saying abortion should be legal in most, but Not all, circumstances.

While the measure could pass, some have questioned its practical impact: The state is seen as a stronghold of abortion rights and a constitutional amendment would be nullified if the Communist Party draw through a ban abortion at the federal level.

“California can pass law after law, and federal law will always prevail over us,” said Donna Crane, a lecturer in political science at San Jose State University and Menlo College.

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