Posted on 08/03/2022 5:11:47 AM PDT by Morgana
The pro-life movement suffered a defeat in Kansas on Tuesday when the state overwhelmingly voted to uphold abortion “rights.”
The vote in Kansas on Tuesday centered on whether or not the state would remove abortion rights protections in the State Constitution, potentially paving the way for “state lawmakers to pass far-reaching abortion restrictions, or even to pursue a ban,” according to the New York Times.
With 76 percent reporting, the “No” votes to keep abortion rights in place beat the “Yes” votes by double digits – 62.2 percent versus 37.7 percent as of this writing. Both NBC News and the New York Times have projected “No” as the referendum winner.
Abortion activists and Democrat lawmakers celebrated the victory.
“This is huge: abortion rights were on the ballot for the first time since Roe, and the people of Kansas voted to preserve access,” tweeted Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). “I’m grateful down to my toes for everyone who helped stop this dangerous ballot measure in its tracks.”
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The way they went about it was utterly stupid. They removed or at least they allowed the summary to state prominently that there would be no exceptions for rape or the life of the mother. Even if you are skeptical of these exceptions you know this would be hard to swallow even for the the reddest voting populations. They also allowed the summary to take the main theme and emphasize over and over that a ‘right’ was being removed. Frankly is as if they wanted to lose.
I’ve found Boomers tend to have a thing for Asians as “model minorities” without ever having talked politics with them in large numbers or even looked at partisan ID by vote/ethnicity.
Abortion is a losing issue for conservatives in statewide and national elections. Kansas is clear proof.
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