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Nov 2024
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Abortion Was A Winning Issue – Just Not ...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET
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After abortion access wins in 2022, Democrats made a bet that voters backing abortion on states’ ballot measures would also back Democratic candidates. WSJ’s Laura Kusisto explains why that bet turned out to be wrong.


Further Listening:

The Scramble Is on to Fill Trump’s Cabinet 

What a Republican Congress Could Mean for Trump 


Further Reading:

Voters Continued to Back Abortion Rights. It Didn’t Help Democrats. 

A State-by-State Guide to Abortion Access in the U.S. 

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