After the last polls closed and the final votes were counted, seven of the 10 states passed those measures-despite a 'red wave' of voters who overwhelmingly selected former president Donald Trump.
Voters in Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and New York successfully restored, protected or expanded the right to abortion care in their respective states.
In Florida, the ballot measure had to surpass a 60 percent threshold rather than the usual 50 percent, leading to a failure to protect abortion access.
Abortion ballot measures in nearly every state faced fierce opposition including legal attempts to block them, threats from state agencies, and an influx of money from anti-abortion organizations.
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