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The most-watched races in Tuesday’s off-year general election have all been dominated by the ongoing debate over abortion rights. From a re-election bid for governor in Kentucky to a statewide ballot measure in Ohio to state legislative elections in Virginia, access to abortion has been a frequent topic in campaign debates and advertising, as it has since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in June last year overturning Roe vs. Wade. Here’s a look at three major races and how abortion has shaped each contest. (Yon, 11/6)

As antiabortion groups work to turn the tide, they have piled millions of dollars into Ohio, spending more than they have on any state ballot initiative since Dobbs. They are still being outspent by more than two to one, campaign finance reports filed at the end of October show.  (Bykowicz and Kusisto, 11/6)

Reproductive rights groups are sounding the alarm over confusing ballot language and rampant anti-abortion misinformation surrounding Ohio's Issue 1 — a proposed amendment that would enshrine the right to an abortion in the Buckeye State's Constitution. Ohio voters will flock to polling places on Tuesday to weigh in on an array of state and local issues, including mayoral and school board races and a ballot question to legalize recreational marijuana. But none of the issues Ohioans will encounter has been more contentious — and more nationally anticipated — than Issue 1. (Tandanpolie, 11/6)

Virginia voters are deciding whether to keep divided government at the state level. At stake is the chance to dramatically reshape abortion policy. (Khalil, 11/6)

With abortion a front-and-center issue in Kentucky's gubernatorial election Tuesday, polls show popular Democratic incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear with a significant lead over Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron. The race comes against the backdrop of a significant abortion-related win for the traditionally red state, where voters last year rejected a constitutional amendment aimed at removing any restrictions on abortion. Experts and abortion advocates see this year’s race and Beshear’s potential win as a continuation, at least in part, of a national winning streak for reproductive rights advocates, proving that Kentucky voters, and voters across the board, support abortion rights. (Himmelman, 11/6)

For almost a year, Texas teens have been shut out of a federal program that allows minors to access birth control without parental consent. On Monday, a federal appeals court will review the court ruling that upended the longstanding Title X program, and decide whether to restore one of the only ways Texas teens can access confidential contraception. (Klibanoff, 11/6)

Since losing her first pregnancy four months earlier, 32-year-old Lulu has struggled to return to her body’s old rhythms. Lulu, who asked to be identified only by her first name to protect her privacy, bled for six weeks after her miscarriage and hasn’t had a normal menstrual cycle since. Such disruptions aren’t uncommon after miscarriage, which affects roughly 1 in 10 known pregnancies. But for Lulu, they’ve also served as a persistent reminder that she couldn’t access the drug mifepristone — her preferred method of care — to help her body pass the miscarriage. Instead, her doctor prescribed a drug called misoprostol, which on its own is less effective. (Dewey, 11/5)

Scores of men who oppose abortion rights marched through part of Boston Saturday amid heckling from counterprotesters. The National Men’s March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood, which included several young boys, started early Saturday morning with a demonstration outside the Planned Parenthood center on Commonwealth Avenue and continued with a march to the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common for a rally that ended shortly before noon. (Hillard, 11/4)