Republicans plow ahead with anti-abortion agenda in states where voters approved constitutional amendments
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Even as Republicans swept into power in Washington in last year’s elections, abortion rights supporters found success at the ballot box across the country. But that hasn’t deterred abortion opponents.
Republican lawmakers have moved forward this year with bills to restrict abortion in more than half of the states where voters passed constitutional amendments in November to protect or expand reproductive rights.
They’vealsoadvancedbillsinabevyofstatesthatwouldmakeifmoredifficultforgroupstoplacesimilarmeasuresontheballotinthefuture.ThoseeffortsextendtothreestateswhereamendmentstoenshrineaconstitutionalrighttoanabortionfellshortlastNovember.
“Theabortionindustry’sattemptstocompletelyderegulatetheirindustryviaballotmeasuresisputtingwomenandgirlsindanger,”KelseyPritchard,thedirectorofstatepublicaffairsforSusanB.AnthonyPro-LifeAmerica,saidinanemail.“Republicanleadersinstateswithpro-abortionballotmeasuresshouldbedoingallthattheycantoprotec
