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Voters back abortion rights in US state referendums

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WASHINGTON: Abortion rights advocates claimed victory on Wednesday (Nov 9) after US voters sided with protecting access to the procedure in several ballot initiatives, in a rebuke of the Supreme Court's June decision to overturn nationwide access. Voters in California, Vermont and Michigan strongly endorse

WASHINGTON: Abortion rights advocates claimed victory on Wednesday after US voters sided with protecting access to the procedure in several ballot initiatives, in a rebuke of the Supreme Court's June decision to overturn nationwide access.

In Montana, the fifth state with an abortion measure on the ballot, a preliminary count indicated voters there also opposed legislation hostile to the procedure. "Across the country last night, we saw an unmistakable repudiation of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe," said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights.

But, he added, their"work is far from finished on the federal level or in states across the country".

 

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