Abortion and Reproductive Policy

Axios reports that several states are moving toward major 2026 ballot measures and amendments that could significantly alter abortion access, including a Missouri proposal to strip newly added abortion protections from the state constitution, a required second Nevada vote to enshrine abortion rights, a possible Virginia constitutional amendment on reproductive freedom, and an Idaho initiated statute to roll back a near‑total abortion ban. The article details how these efforts, at varying stages of qualification, would set new legal baselines for abortion, miscarriage care and related reproductive services and in some cases link them to issues like gender‑affirming care.