Abortion was on the ballot Tuesday in more ways than one. Nationally, Kamala Harris’ campaign increasingly emphasized the issue, claiming that electing Donald Trump again would lead to a “national abortion ban.”
And voters in 10 states had the opportunity to amend their state constitutions to protect a right to abortion. Here are the results.
The Harris campaign’s claims were demonstrably false. Trump repeatedly said he would veto a national abortion ban if Congress ever passed one.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., claimed that Project 2025’s set of policy proposals called for a national abortion ban even though the 920-page volume says nothing about it.
Abortion took center stage as a long line of celebrities endorsed Harris.
Trump’s victory, winning a higher percentage of the popular vote than in 2020 or 2016, showed that this…