Though just a few days since the election, the country's leading pro-life activist groups are already shifting from celebrating former President Donald Trump’s victory to drawing up plans for his second term.

As national Republicans celebrated the election of Donald Trump as president last week, the progressives and Democrats who lead Colorado and shape its policies wondered — and began planning for — what a second Trump administration would mean for the steady-blue Centennial State.

Despite a strong showing of support for abortion rights on Election Day, the abortion access landscape in the United States won’t change immediately. And under President Donald Trump’s second term, it will remain heavily fragmented — and vulnerable to future restriction.

Voters across seven states approved ballot measures to safeguard abortion rights through their state constitutions, a result that could soon bolster reproductive health care for more than 2 million American women.

The regulation of federal agencies could also impact access to abortion care. Medication abortion could come under fire if the Food and Drug Administration -- under a Trump presidency -- limits access to mifepristone, one of the pills used in the regimen to terminate pregnancy, or rolls back its approval, as anti-abortion groups have tried to do.

Update: November 7, 2024 In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, 21 states currently ban abortion or restrict the procedure earlier than the standard set by the ruling. The ruling resulted in 2024 election voters in 10 states having the ...

Maxwell: Abortion rights got 57% support in Florida. So why did it fail? Because big business and politicians have gamed the whole amendment process

The abortion rights movement won in many states — even some that voted for Donald Trump. Where does it go from here?

Americans voted to protect abortion access in seven states, but support for those measures outpaced support for Kamala Harris, who made abortion rights central to her campaign.

Republicans, eyeing such a close result, will try to overturn the state’s new right to abortion. It’s just a question of how.

In the days after the election, reproductive rights advocates considered next steps. Strategy discussions included everything from legislative efforts, to legal options, to rallying around

In states like Arizona and Nevada, some voters split their tickets, supporting abortion rights measures while also backing Donald Trump.