Stat News: The post-Roe effort to protect abortion rights hits its limit, for now

November 6. 2024

Executive Director Noreen Farrell is featured in a Stat News article about state-level election results regarding abortion rights.

“Opposition [to abortion rights] is getting more aggressive, and extremely well-funded,” said Noreen Farrell, executive director of Equal Rights Advocates. Florida’s difficult 60% threshold for passage is also a tactic advocates anticipate other state legislatures deploying to ward off future ballot measures.

But, Farrell added, “The momentum of seven more states is significant, and we hope it has some deterrent effect on newly federal electeds thinking about a national abortion ban.” At least one newly elected senator, Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno, has called for a national ban.

Read the article.