As election day approaches, NPR's consider this podcast is zooming in on six states that could determine who wins the White House.

Georgia, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, and Pennsylvania.

We'll ask voters in these swing states what matters to them

and which way they want the country to go.

Follow along with new episodes this week

on the Consider This Podcast from NPR.

Live from NPR News in Washington. I'm Jack Spear.

Abortion Access is directly on the ballot in 10 states next week.

It is also at stake in a less direct way

when it comes to who the president is

and what they might do.

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Former President Trump has said he favors leaving abortion policy up to the states.

In contrast, Vice President Harris says she'd sign a bill enshrining the right to an abortion.

But you can't pass legislation without Congress and any new law would likely face

legal challenges and a conservative Supreme Court. But the next president could

influence abortion policy through executive power and the interpretation of existing laws and

regulations. The Food and Drug Administration, for example, regulates abortion

pills and a new leader could expand access or make it harder for providers to

prescribe and send pills.

Presidents also appoint judges, not just to the Supreme Court,

but to federal and appellate courts,

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