2022-11-09 12:17:34

"Abortion Rights Are Deeply Popular": Voters Back Reproductive Freedom in State Ballot Initiatives

Voters supported the right to abortion in at least four of the five states where reproductive rights were on the ballot in Tuesday's midterm elections. "Abortion rights are deeply popular, and when you put the question before voters, they say yes," said The Nation's Amy Littlefield. She also discusses Vermont becoming the first state to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution, as well as the "historic win" in Kentucky, where voters defeated an anti-abortion ballot initiative. Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich says President Biden must "push back as hard as he can" if Republicans take control of even one chamber in Congress following Tuesday's midterm elections. He says the administration needs to be clear there is no compromise on the debt ceiling, which he expects a Republican-controlled Congress would challenge, potentially triggering a repeat of the political crisis in 2011 under former President Obama.

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