Kansas leads the charge. Republicans sent a message....

[Linus]

"Kansas voters have protected abortion rights by rejecting a measure that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten abortion restrictions or ban it outright.

The referendum in the conservative state was the first test of US voter sentiment about abortion rights since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in June.

It was a major victory for abortion rights advocates following weeks in which many states in the South and Midwest largely banned abortion.
Voters rejected a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution that would have added language stating that it does not grant the right to abortion...."

Kansas voters protect abortion rights in post-Roe referendum

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Kansas tells Dreamjockey to get outa town.....

 

[HBS Guy]

Well done Kansas!

 

[HBS Guy]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/us/kansas-abortion-rights-vote.html

 

[HBS Guy]

Massive majority to keep abortion rights:

 

[FutureTheLeftWant]

The right want to impose their values on an unwilling society. Like the Taliban do

 

[HBS Guy]

Yeah. Looks like small, very rural counties reduced the margin by voting 30-40% for abortion rights. Still a smashing win for common sense tho!

And gives the lie that Americans do not want abortion rights!

 

[HBS Guy]

And it lost, 58.8% to 41.2%.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc...ised-america-abortion-amendment-vote-n1297715

Further:

Anecdotally, it felt like finally Republicans had gone too far. On Instagram, even my nonpolitical friends seemed furious. Friends of friends called me. Democrats raised 80 million dollars in the week after the Dobbs decision was handed down. Protests raged from California to Atlanta. Women in Kansas turned that rage into action and registered to vote — in large numbers. According to TargetSmart, “70 % of Kansans who registered to vote after the Dobbs decision was released were women.”

 

[FutureTheLeftWant]

I said the moment this hit that the far right had again over estimated how big their 'silent majority' is. Trump and this? They are finished

 

[SethBullock]

Completely unsurprising to me. Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans want some access to abortion.

 

[HBS Guy]

Yes, Gallup poll confirmed that.

 

[FutureTheLeftWant]

Republicans never win a majority. The electoral college was CREATED to boost the votes of racists in the south. Without it, they were over long ago