"In 2026, the biggest battles over abortion will not be at the polls. 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."
"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 and agencies respond to conservative efforts to restrict or end people's access to mailed abortion restr"
"Over 25 years ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved mifepristone - one of two drugs commonly paired together to end a pregnancy. Since that time, medication abortion has been closely regulated by the FDA and is under attack. In 2022, the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a coalition of anti-abortion physicians, sued the FDA for approving mifepristone in 2000 and for each time the agency eased a restr"
Nevada will ask residents to approve constitutional protection for abortion rights again in 2026, after a 2024 vote of just over 64 percent. Virginia is likely to place an abortion-rights ballot measure in 2026 following Democratic legislative gains in 2025. Missouri anti-abortion proponents seek a measure to undo a 2024 amendment that protected abortion rights. The most consequential questions about abortion in 2026 could be decided at the federal level by the Trump administration or in the courts. Mifepristone was approved by the FDA over 25 years ago and medication abortion has been tightly regulated and faces legal attack, including a 2022 lawsuit by the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. Project 2025 could escalate federal restrictions.
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