State Abortion Amendment Results

[RobDownSouth]

State abortion amendments did well last night overall:

State Constitutional Right to Abortion PASSED

1. Arizona (Passed 62-38%)
2. Colorado (Passed 61-39)
3. Maryland (Passed 74-26)
4. Missouri (Passed 52-48) (!!!!)
5. Montana (Passed 57-43)
6. Nevada (Passed 63-37)
7. New York (Passed 62-38)

State Constitutional Right to Abortion FAILED

1. Florida (Got majority (57%) of votes, but failed to reach 60% threshold for constitutional amendment)
2. Nebraska (Defeated 63-37%)
3. South Dakota (Defeated 60-40%)

 

[Saint_Ann]

Cool. But it cost the dems the election.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Cool. But it cost the dems the election.

That's a stretch.

 

[Politruk]

Cool. But it cost the dems the election.

I'm sure having these amendments on the ballot turned out more D than R voters.

 

[Saint_Ann]

That's a stretch.

Is it?
"What do you think the country needs most?"
"More abortions."

 

[Saint_Ann]

I'm sure having these amendments on the ballot turned out more D than R voters.

It's now a states' rights issue.

 

[SimonDoom]

Cool. But it cost the dems the election.

I don't think so. How would they? If the propositions did well, as they did, then it suggests that they drove more abortion supporters out to vote than their opponents. The three states in which the measures were defeated were states in which Trump was guaranteed to win, regardless.

In some ways I think this result helps Trump, because it indicates that democratic processes at the state level can protect abortion rights, and I think Trump is much more interested in just not having to deal with the abortion issue at the federal level than trying to ban it. If Montana, Nevada, and Missouri passed laws to protect the abortion right, then it suggests that even in Republican states there's little interest in restricting it further, and there's nothing to be gained by pushing for a federal anti-abortion law.

 

[Politruk]

It's now a states' rights issue.

In America, that never means anything but ugliness.

 

[Rightguide]

State abortion amendments did well last night overall:

State Constitutional Right to Abortion PASSED

1. Arizona (Passed 62-38%)
2. Colorado (Passed 61-39)
3. Maryland (Passed 74-26)
4. Missouri (Passed 52-48) (!!!!)
5. Montana (Passed 57-43)
6. Nevada (Passed 63-37)
7. New York (Passed 62-38)

State Constitutional Right to Abortion FAILED

1. Florida (Got majority (57%) of votes, but failed to reach 60% threshold for constitutional amendment)
2. Nebraska (Defeated 63-37%)
3. South Dakota (Defeated 60-40%)

I tried to tell you there was nothing wrong with it being a state issue.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Is it?
"What do you think the country needs most?"
"More abortions."

Math must be very hard for you.

 

[icanhelp1]

I'm sure having these amendments on the ballot turned out more D than R voters.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

 

[TheLobster]

An important issue has been decided by the putting it to a vote by the local populace rather than making it a subject of a far-off judicial fiat.

Looks like democracy in action to me.

 

[ll74]

An important issue has been decided by the putting it to a vote by the local populace rather than making it a subject of a far-off judicial fiat.

Looks like democracy in action to me.

Voting whether you deserve the healthcare you want .....democracy in action

 

[icanhelp1]

In America, that never means anything but ugliness.

States rights matter.

 

[Politruk]

States rights matter.

Decentralization has never in American history been a beneficial thing.

 

[TheLobster]

Voting whether you deserve the healthcare you want .....democracy in action

Some would say it was a vote on whether you are permitted to kill babies.

And that’s one part of the issue that was on the ballot, i.e. whether should be considered healthcare, or murder, or perhaps neither. I’d imagine that for many (most?) people, the decision how to vote followed immediately from how they answer this question.

 

[ll74]

Some would say it was a vote on whether you are permitted to kill babies.

People that want to evoke emotions in others, absolutely.

The rest of us understand that abortion doesn't involve babies and that infanticide is illegal in every state.

And that’s one part of the issue that was on the ballot, i.e. whether should be considered healthcare, or murder, or perhaps neither. I’d imagine that for many (most?) people, the decision how to vote followed immediately from how they answer this question.

It is healthcare. That's why doctors perform the procedures. If it were car sales, it would not be considered healthcare.

 

[ll74]

I just want to know when the tickets go on sale to impregnate Adrina.

There’s nothing hotter than a woman who swears she’s never going to stuff herself full of semen again.

At least you don't think of her all the time

 

[RobDownSouth]

I tried to tell you there was nothing wrong with it being a state issue.

Women are bleeding to death from incomplete miscarriages in hospital parking lots here in Texas, due to the strict "NO exceptions" law here in Texas.

 

[Rightguide]

Women are bleeding to death from incomplete miscarriages in hospital parking lots here in Texas, due to the strict "NO exceptions" law here in Texas.

Detail those case.

 

[Rightguide]

I just want to know when the tickets go on sale to impregnate Adrina.

There’s nothing hotter than a woman who swears she’s never going to stuff herself full of semen again.

The past word suggests she likes to be punished. A friggin' wierdo..

 

[TastySuckToy]

I just want to know when the tickets go on sale to impregnate Adrina.

There’s nothing hotter than a woman who swears she’s never going to stuff herself full of semen again.

I have a suspicion such tickets are going to require paying the men to even entertain the idea.

 

[icanhelp1]

Decentralization has never in American history been a beneficial thing.

We’re a republic which consists of 50 unitary states not a central form of democracy under a central government where mob rules.

 

[Rightguide]

We’re a republic which consists of 50 unitary states not a central form of democracy under a central government where mob rules.

Speaking of decentralization, I'd like to see some of these federal agencies moved out of DC and closer to the American people they serve.

 

[ll74]

We’re a republic which consists of 50 unitary states not a central form of democracy under a central government where mob rules.

A republic continues to be a form of democracy.