US midterm elections: Will Kentucky deliver another shock abortion vote?

The high-stakes battle over abortion in the US is unfolding in Kentucky, where voters will decide whether the state constitution should remove all protection for abortion rights. The vote, like parallel initiatives in Michigan, California, Montana and Vermont, will be watched closely as a signal of Americans' attitudes toward abortion after the fall of Roe v Wade.

Three days before the midterm elections, Deann Allen stood in the back room of a public library in Louisville, Kentucky's largest city. Pro-choice volunteers milled around her, chatting quietly, sharing advice and shuffling...