Women Voted for Abortion Rights and Trump: Mary Ellen Klas

When it came to their ballot choices on Tuesday, many of the same women who voted to enshrine reproductive rights in their state constitutions also voted to return to the White House the man responsible for stripping them of that right, Donald Trump.

Abortion rights were on the ballot in 10 states, and voters in seven of them — Missouri, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, New York and Montana — either expanded existing protections or reversed restrictions imposed by conservative legislatures after the fall of Roe v. Wade. The exception was Florida, which had unique complications.

According to national exit polls, most ...