Measures enshrining abortion rights passed in a number of US states but failed in Florida, US media reported on Wednesday. As voters headed to the polls across the United States on Tuesday to elect a new president and Congress, some states held contests to protect, expand or restrict abortion. The issue has been a contentious one in US politics for decades, but returned to the fore in the latest electoral cycle after justices on the US Supreme Court – some of whom were appointed by Donald Trump – overturned the national right to abortion in 2022. A Florida measure which would have allowed the …