of an attempted abortion in deeply conservative kentucky the ballot measure would amend the state constitution to say there is no right to abortion the republicancontrolled legislature has already passed a neartotal ban on abortion the measure would not change that but the results could shadow the legal battle returning to a courtroom a week after election day lawmakers added the proposed amendment to the ballot last year a move that some thought would drive more conservative voters to the polls but after the roe decision abortionrights supporters raised nearly 15 million to fight it they were hoping to repeat the surprise outcome this summer in conservative kansas where voters overwhelmingly defeated a similar amendment that would have allowed new bans or restrictions initial returns indicated that thousands of kentucky voters who backed gop sen rand paul for reelection opposed the abortion amendment at a elementary school in simpsonville a small town outside of louisville 71yearold voter jim stewart said he voted for paul calling him the only one on tv making sense stewart is a registered republican and opposed to abortion but still voted no on the amendment you got to have a little choice there al smith 83 voted yes i dont believe in abortion at all not for any circumstance he said the reproductiverights question in vermont came after legislature passed a law in 2019 guaranteeing reproductive rights including getting pregnant and having access to birth control supporters with the reproductive liberty ballot committee said the overturning of roe meant statelevel protections are vital to safeguarding access to reproductive health care california already had passed several measures aimed at easing access to abortion and set aside millions of taxpayer dollars to help pay for some outofstate abortion travel on tuesday voters approved language that would explicitly guarantee access to abortion and contraception in the state constitution the question for montana voters was whether to create criminal penalties for health care providers unless they do everything medically appropriate and reasonable to save the life of a baby after birth including the rare possibility of birth after an attempted abortion