It’s not gonna work everywhere….
Kansas still has some abortion restrictions….
But the 2-1 vote against the state making anti-abortion past of the constitution shows that pro abortion efforts need to NOT be screaming in the streets…Not even protest’s infront of the High Courts judges….
The way maybe more subtle….
The path maybe better as one that points to abortion restrictions as the first step to having GOVERNMENT taking away people’s ‘Right’s’….
Ironic , eh?
Conservatives used to be about LESS government interference in Americans lives….
The effort paid off. On Tuesday, Kansas voters decisively defeated a ballot measure that would have set aside abortion protections in the state’s constitution, paving the way for additional restrictions or even a total ban. That victory was fueled by an opposition coalition that mobilized a large swath of the state’s electorate — including Republican and independent voters — to turn out in historic numbers….
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Sweet said she hopes the campaign’s victory will be ballast for abortion rights groups in other states with ballot initiatives in coming months. In California, Vermont and Michigan, voters are being asked whether to enshrine abortion protections in their constitutions. In Kentucky, voters are considering whether protections should be rolled back.
Sweet said that organizers mobilized Republican and nonaffiliated voters through partnerships with groups like Mainstream Coalition, a nonpartisan advocacy group based in Johnson County, Kan., a populous Kansas City suburb that turned blue for the first time in the 2020 presidential contest. About 1 in 5 Republican primary voters turned out in favor of abortion rights, a Washington Post analysis shows…
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In 2019, the state Supreme Court ruled that the Kansas Constitution protects the “right of personal autonomy” that “allows a woman to make her own decisions regarding her body, health, family formation and family life — decisions that can include whether to continue a pregnancy.”
Abortion in Kansas is currently legal in the first 22 weeks of pregnancy….
Update….
Recounts seldom change results of votes….
A decisive statewide vote in favor of abortion rights in traditionally conservative Kansas was confirmed with a partial hand recount, with fewer than 100 votes changing after the last county reported results Sunday.
Nine of the state’s 105 counties recounted their votes at the request of Melissa Leavitt, who has pushed for tighter election laws. A longtime anti-abortion activist, Mark Gietzen, is covering most of the costs. Gietzen acknowledged in an interview that it was unlikely to change the outcome….
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