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.

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.

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.

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

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

At a Thursday night rally, advocates told attendees the work "has only just begun" to bring abortion back to Missouri.

Voters in seven states moved to protect abortion access through ballot initiatives, while similar measures in three other states failed.

Constitutional amendments for abortion rights passed in seven states Tuesday, but their impact nationally is unclear given the incoming Trump administration.

Voters in Missouri cleared the way to undo one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans in one of seven victories for abortion rights advocates. Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota left bans in place.