In Nevada, voters approved the measure to protect abortion rights with 63 percent. But state law requires voters to approve ballot amendments twice, so the measure will face another vote in 2026. Abortion has remained broadly legal in the state since the Supreme Court overturned Roe.

With victories for abortion rights advocates in states like Arizona and setbacks in Florida, the outcomes reflect a polarized nation when it comes to reproductive freedom.

Voters in seven U.S. states passed ballot measures guaranteeing access to abortion in yesterday’s election. Three more states rejected them. Measures to protect abortion rights passed in Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and New York, but failed in Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota.

Donald Trump returns to White House as states defy his abortion legacy, with voters in seven states — including deep-red Missouri — enshrining reproductive rights in their constitutions.

After back-to-back pro-life losses in half a dozen states since 2022, the rejection of the pro-abortion measures in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota represent the first victories at the ballot box for pro-life advocates since the overturning of Roe v.

But abortion supporters had a major setback in Florida, where a proposed constitutional amendment to end the state’s strict ban fell just short of passage.

Democrats have blamed the Republican Party, led by former President Donald Trump, for the abortion bans that many of the measures seek to void. More than a dozen states banned abo

ToplineA ballot measure seeking to legalize abortion in Florida narrowly failed Tuesday even as a majority of Floridians supported it, becoming the first abortion ballot measure to fail since Roe v. Wade was overturned—and the first of 10 states with abortion on the ballot to release results.

Abortion rights are on the ballot Tuesday in 10 states as voters continue to contend with the fallout of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade.

Voters in Missouri cleared the way to undo one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans, while Florida defeated a similar constitutional amendment, leaving in place a law barring most abortions after the first six weeks of pregnancy.