GOP candidates in critical Senate races have misrepresented their record on abortion, evading questions about exceptions and extreme state bans since the fall of Roe v. Wade.

Republicans are kicking their defensive messaging on abortion into high gear, aiming to blunt Democrats’ attempts to paint them as extreme in the run-up to the election. In debates, GOP

Abortion has overtaken immigration to become the second most important issue for voters heading into the 2024 election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Newsweek polling suggests.

Voters in 10 states will decide this November whether to adopt constitutional amendments that could shape the future of abortion access in their states. Most of the measures seek to protect abortion access until fetal viability,

Broadcast networks are required to run unedited ads from political candidates, including those from anti-abortion activist Randall Terry.

“DeSantis continued his weaponization of state government against his own constituents by coordinating a taxpayer-funded press conference with the political campaign opposing Amendment 4 in his quest to silence the voices of doctors and patients suffering under Florida’s extreme abortion ban,” said DeSantis Watch spokesman Anders Croy.

Reproductive rights measures are on the ballots in 10 states after heated debates over terminology and impact — and that’s just in English.

Missourians are set to vote on whether to unravel the state’s abortion ban or keep it intact. And as the debate rages across the state, access to reproductive health care has become a major flashpoint in the race for U.

California voters overwhelmingly approved a measure in 2022 to enshrine abortion and contraceptive protections in the state’s Constitution. Salas, as a member of the Assembly from 2012 to 2022, was a principal co-author to get the provision on the ballot.

The survey also found that 21 percent of Republicans who agree with the overturning of Roe still plan to vote in support of the amendment.