There will be a few contested measures on state ballots. Next year, Nevada's government will ask residents to approve constitutional protection for abortion rights for the second time, as required by state law. The same measure passed in 2024 with just over 64% of the vote. Virginians will likely see a similar ballot initiative. In November 2025, voters there cemented a majority for Democrats in the state legislature, and the House of Delegates is expected to put forth an abortion rights ballot measure to voters in 2026. Anti-abortion proponents in Missouri want to undo an amendment protecting abortion rights that voters passed in 2024. They're advancing a new measure that could strip residents of the reproductive rights that are now constitutionally enshrined. However, the most consequential questions about abortion in 2026 could be answered at the federal level, by the Trump administration or in the courts. As a scholar of reproductive health law, I'm watching how federal judges...
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