After voters in seven states enshrined abortion rights in their state constitutions, GOP lawmakers have moved forward with bills to curtail them.

For Republicans eyeing state offices in 2026, this election is a clarion call to rethink their approach to an issue that now helps shape electoral outcomes. Abortion was one of the issues that dominated the Wisconsin court race.

Many people involved in the abortion debate say a movement of so-called abortion abolitionists who want to punish women for having abortions is widening its influence

Although regional or state attitudes have come together in the US on many issues, states still have distinctive political personalities on abortion.