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Pro-choice abortion initiatives pass in seven out of ten states

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Measures meant to protect abortion access were approved by voters in Arizona , Colorado , Maryland , Missouri , Montana , Nevada , and New York .

Results are out of line with a trend seen since the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022 .

New York , Colorado , and Maryland are firmly blue states.

But reproductive freedom wins didn't neatly match up to red/blue divides.

Trump won Florida , Missouri , and Montana , yet a majority of voters in these states, too, opted to support legal abortion.

These results suggest that no matter which politicians people choose, the right to choose is still popular around the country.

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