A ballot proposal to restore abortion rights in Florida that earned clear majority support failed to pass after falling short of the necessary supermajority threshold.  That makes Florida the first state to reject such a measure since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.

Voters in Missouri cleared the way to undo one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans in one of four victories Tuesday for abortion rights advocates, while Florida defeated a similar constitutional amendment,

A proposal to amend Florida's state constitution to guarantee abortion rights fell short of the 60% vote threshold needed to pass on Tuesday, becoming the first such measure to fail since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to the procedure in 2022.