Florida’s abortion-rights ballot initiative fell short of passing on Tuesday, leaving in place a six-week abortion ban that has helped restrict access across almost all of the Southern U.S. The measure’s defeat is a significant victory for Gov.

DeSantis and opponents to Amendment 4 argued the ballot measure's authors are "lying" to Floridians, and words used, like "health care provider" and "viability" leave too much room for "outsiders" and unqualified practitioners to come to Florida and perform unsafe procedures.

Arizona: Proposition 139, for which the AP projected a win at 3:31 a.m. EST with 62.3% support, would create a “fundamental right to abortion” in the state Constitution, which prohibits the state from banning abortion before a fetus is viable and would overturn the state’s 15-week ban.