The headline from the mid-term election in the United States was that the red wave failed to materialise. The Democrats held the Senate. The Republicans did win the House but by a much smaller margin that polls had predicted. In addition to this, there was voter approval of liberal abortion laws in some states.
The American Conservative explains: “Abortion, and all its sundry offshoots, will retain protected status in the United States. Five key ballot proposals on abortion were decided on Tuesday night. California, Vermont, Montana, Kentucky, and Michigan all weighed in favour of fewer limits on abortion, with even red Kentucky knocking down a proposal to specify that the state constitution does not protect a right to abortion.”
