
Here’s Why Abortion Largely Won on Election Day—But Not on the Top of the Ticket
Voters supported abortion rights measures while electing antiabortion candidates in the 2024 election. The split reflects a complicated abortion landscape post-Dobbs
Kelly Baden is the vice president for public policy at the Guttmacher Institute, advancing evidence-based reproductive health policies at the state, national and global levels. Baden was previously the senior vice president of strategic initiatives at State Innovation Exchange (SiX), where she launched the country’s only national cohort of state legislators committed to reproductive freedom.

Here’s Why Abortion Largely Won on Election Day—But Not on the Top of the Ticket
Voters supported abortion rights measures while electing antiabortion candidates in the 2024 election. The split reflects a complicated abortion landscape post-Dobbs