Abortion and the 2024 Election: A Video Primer

More than a dozen states are weighing abortion-related ballot measures to be decided this fall, most of which would protect abortion rights if passed. KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner and Rachana Pradhan explain what’s at stake in the 2024 election, both at the national and state levels.

Find more of our abortion coverage here.

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<h1>Abortion and the 2024 Election: A Video Primer</h1>
<div>	<span class="byline">Julie Rovner, KFF Health News and Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Norman, KFF Health News</span>
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		<span>Video by <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/hannah-norman/"><strong>Hannah Norman</strong></a></span>	</span>
		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2024-07-08T05:00:00-04:00">
			July 8, 2024		</time>
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<p>More than a dozen states are weighing abortion-related ballot measures to be decided this fall, most of which would protect abortion rights if passed. KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner and Rachana Pradhan explain what’s at stake in the 2024 election, both at the national and state levels.</p><p>Find more of our abortion coverage <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/tag/abortion/">here</a>.</p>		<h3>		Credits	</h3>							Hannah Norman	Video producer & animator																Oona Tempest	Art director & illustrator													<ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/abortion-2024-election-video-primer/?share=x">				Share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/abortion-2024-election-video-primer/?share=facebook">				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/abortion-2024-election-video-primer/?share=linkedin">				Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Abortion%20and%20the%202024%20Election%3A%20A%20Video%20Primer&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FMTg3ODEyMw&share=email">				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/abortion-2024-election-video-primer/#print?share=print">				Print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/abortion-2024-election-video-primer/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/abortion-2024-election-video-primer/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"></p>
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