Florida on Tuesday became the first state to reject an abortion rights amendment since Roe v. Wade was overturned, but backers of the measure decried that a minority of voters was able to prevail. A majority of Florida voters supported Amendment 4 — nearly 58 percent — but it needed 60 percent to pass.

Voters in Missouri cleared the way to undo one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans in one of four victories for abortion rights advocates, while Florida and South Dakota defeated similar constitutional amendments,