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    Why Direct Democracy Is Proving So Powerful for Protecting Abortion Rights

    Ballot initiatives—not party politics—are allowing new majorities to emerge in support of more lenient abortion policies.
    by Rachel Rebouché Nov 11, 2022 3 minutes
    Source: Roberto Schmidt / AFP / Getty

    The news for abortion rights in Tuesday’s midterm election was stunning. In five states—California, Kentucky, Montana, Michigan, and Vermont—voters went to the polls and either rejected an anti-abortion measure or added abortion rights to their state constitution. Just months earlier, Kansas, a conservative state with a history of intense anti-abortion activism, shocked the country by voting to protect state abortion rights by a significant margin.

    The lesson here goes beyond the of many abortion restrictions. With the reversal of , people have looked primarily to political parties to defend abortion rights (or

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