Abortion Rights Backed by Voters in Michigan, Kentucky, Vermont

Voters in Michigan, Kentucky, California and Vermont backed ballot measures supporting reproductive rights on Tuesday, six months after the US Supreme Court eliminated the federal right to an abortion and sent the issue back to the states.

It was the first test of the polarizing issue on the ballot since August, when voters in deep-red Kansas rejected an attempt to change the state constitution to declare there is no right to an abortion.

In heavily Republican Kentucky, voters rejected a ballot measure that would have amended the constitution to say there is no right to an abortion. But the procedure ...