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In states without abortion on the ballot, the issue is still driving votes

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North Carolina is one of more than a dozen states that have banned or heavily restricted abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Ten other states currently have it on the ballot, eight through citizen-led initiatives.

Abortion played a “decisive role” in the 2022 midterms, an expert says.

In Texas , abortion rights advocates are fighting a ballot initiative that would make it the latest Texas community to try to bar its highways and roads from being used to travel out of state for abortion care.

The deaths of at least two women — Candi Miller and Amber Nicole Thurman — have been tied to the state's lack of legal abortion care and uncertainty around exceptions.