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.

Measure that would enshrine protections for abortion rights in the state Constitution fails to reach 60% threshhold, ABC News projects.

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

Until Tuesday, abortion rights advocates had prevailed on all seven measures that have appeared on statewide ballots since the fall of Roe.

In Florida, a proposal to restore abortion rights is on track to fall short of the 60% support needed in order to pass.