Voters in four states will decide abortion measures next week in contests to protect access and, in one case, roll back a constitutional protection voters approved in 2024.
Idaho, Virginia and Nevada voters will all decide on legal and constitutional protections for abortion on Nov. 3, while Missouri will be asked to reconsider rights they endorsed just two years ago. The states are hotly-contested battlegrounds for interest groups fighting over abortion access since the Supreme Court stripped federal guarantees on the procedure in 2022, which triggered a patchwork of restrictions across the US and spurred ballot measures in the ensuing …