In These 6 States, Abortion Rights Are Literally on the Ballot. Will direct democracy in Michigan, Kansas, Vermont, and elsewhere protect the rights that the Supreme Court won’t?

Vermont lawmakers vote on constitutional amendment guaranteeing right to abortion, contraception. Lawmakers in Vermont are one step closer to making the state the first in the country to add abortion to its constitution after approving an amendment known as proposition 5.

Vermonters hold rallies to oppose Supreme Court decision. Rallies are being held across Vermont in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Hundreds rally at Statehouse in support of Proposal 5.

Letter to the Editor: 20 religious leaders stand with Vermont’s women. As faith leaders from diverse theological backgrounds and denominations, we represent a variety of beliefs and viewpoints on complicated, moral issues. We write today as one religious community, and we write to stand with Vermont’s women.

Harry Chen: A call to action on the Reproductive Liberty Amendment. The recent leak of the draft decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade portends a major shift in almost 50 years of reproductive health care in America.

Reproductive autonomy is foundational to dignity. I am an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, and I support the Reproductive Liberty Amendment (Prop 5), a proposed amendment to the Vermont Constitution that would protect every Vermonter’s right to make their own reproductive decisions.

Vermont urgently needs Reproductive Liberty Amendment. Like most American women, the issue of abortion is personal to me. A year before I met Jake Burton in Londonderry, Vermont, and started on a journey to help pioneer the global sport of snowboarding, I had an abortion.