The Post-Roe Abortion Cause Is Still Finding Ways to Loosen the Law

Abortion is on the ballot in Missouri, Virginia, Idaho, and Nevada this election cycle.

While it’s the good fruit of Dobbs that state abortion laws can now be decided by the will of the people and not the whims of federal judges, there was never a guarantee that abortion would become more restricted nationwide. Of the four statewide ballot initiatives, only Missouri’s would restrict abortion access, with Amendment 3 proposing to overturn the “constitutional right to reproductive freedom.” The rest are propositions that would codify the right to abortion with provisions far more liberal than state laws currently on the books.