Despite a strong showing of support for abortion rights on Election Day, the abortion access landscape in the United States won’t change immediately. And under President Donald Trump’s second term, it will remain heavily fragmented — and vulnerable to future restriction.

Voters across seven states approved ballot measures to safeguard abortion rights through their state constitutions, a result that could soon bolster reproductive health care for more than 2 million American women.

The abortion rights movement won in many states — even some that voted for Donald Trump. Where does it go from here?

Americans voted to protect abortion access in seven states, but support for those measures outpaced support for Kamala Harris, who made abortion rights central to her campaign.

Update: November 7, 2024 In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, 21 states currently ban abortion or restrict the procedure earlier than the standard set by the ruling. The ruling resulted in 2024 election voters in 10 states having the ...

Republicans, eyeing such a close result, will try to overturn the state’s new right to abortion. It’s just a question of how.

In the days after the election, reproductive rights advocates considered next steps. Strategy discussions included everything from legislative efforts, to legal options, to rallying around

Voters in 7 out of 10 states, including several red states, approved measures to protect abortion rights during the 2024 presidential election.

The group declined to release details about what, specifically, they will seek to undo. But abortion rights advocates are bracing for further abortion restrictions once Trump takes office. And some women are, too, with online abortion pill orders spiking in the days after Election Day.

Floridians rejected the proposal to enshrine abortion into the state Constitution after they learned it would open the floodgates for taxpayer-funded abortion "at any time" and "for any reason," one pro-life advocate said.

In states like Arizona and Nevada, some voters split their tickets, supporting abortion rights measures while also backing Donald Trump.

Voters in seven states restored, protected, or expanded the right to abortion care in their state. Many of them also voted for the man who ended Roe v. Wade.