Majority Of Voting States Strengthen Abortion Rights

U.S. voters in 10 states headed to the polls on Tuesday to decide on a number of constitutional amendments to protect or expand abortion rights.

Statista's Anna Fleck reports that according to projections by NBC News, a majority of these voted in favor of strengthening abortion rights within their states.

Voters in Arizona and Missouri backed measures to protect abortion rights until fetal viability.

At the same time, voters in Colorado, Maryland, Montana and New York supported measures to formally enshrine existing rights related to abortion into the constitution, making them more steadfast as they are harder to change by lawmakers in the future.