A New Frontier for Abortion Rights in State Constitutions

The Supreme Court forced this back to the States, it's actually and unexpectedly opened up a new chapter where abortion rights groups see potentially a way to establish even firmer protections in state constitutions. It was not explicitly enumerated in the Constitution. And when you put it in the constitution, you can make it much more expansive. So take Michigan, for an example, the right to abortion that was established by that ballot initiative that passed is far more expensive than anything that was in the US Constitution,. Far more expensive than Roe. That's huge. But there's been this twist in that the abortion rights side has unexpectedly turned out this wave of support.