After Ohio voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment protecting the right to abortion and other forms of reproductive healthcare, advocates on both sides of the issue are looking at how they can get support on 2024 ballots in at least a dozen states. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had protected abortion rights nationally, voters in all seven states that held a statewide vote have backed access.
That includes Ohio, where voters Tuesday enshrined abortion access in the state constitution. Constitutional amendments to protect access are already on the ballots for 2024 in Maryland and New York. Questions are being considered for several other states — some to protect access and some to limit or ban it. Here's what's happening in the states. ARIZONA Abortion access advocates want to amend the state constitution to protect access to abortion until the fetus is viable, generally considered to be around 24 weeks gestational age or later, to protect the life or physical or mental health of the woma