Most states with abortion bans don't allow citizen-led ballot initiatives, but that hasn't stopped activists from harnessing the backlash.
On a Wednesday in late October, canvassers wearing hot-pink T-shirts with messages like “abortion rights voter” and “abortion is on the ballot” fanned out across neighborhoods in Wake County and knocked on door after door.
In Georgia, that means trying to elect Harris and state legislators opposed to the state’s six-week ban. In Texas, it means trying to oust conservative judges and helpingPresidential candidates make final pitches to voters before Election Day that swing voters would be more motivated by economic concerns, explained Diana Mutz, director of the Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics at the University of Pennsylvania, who has studied voter attitudes.
Lauren Gonzalez, a 32-year-old graduate student keeping a watchful eye on her toddler in a Raleigh park playground, said she wished her state could vote on a ballot measure to protect abortion. Around the corner, brochures and donation jars were on display alongside a basket of rubber fetus dolls at the booth for North Carolina Right to Life.
Down-ballot, Texas organizers are also hoping to tap into the backlash against the state’s abortion ban. “There is a real pushback” in the community, she said, “to the way that this ordinance would turn neighbor against neighbor inside of our community.” supporters in states without initiatives see a Harris win, combined with state legislative action, as the clearest avenue for change., organizers have been canvassing for state candidates who support increased abortion access and might reintroduce legislation to repeal the state’s abortion ban.
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