'Kansans' victory this week over extremist state legislators showed us plainly: Ballot measures are the next frontier for protecting access to abortion care,' said FairnessProject's executive director.
that Kansas' results on Tuesday defied expectations that amendment opponents would be at a disadvantage because the vote aligned with primaries in which Kansans could only participate if they were registered with a party—meaning that unlike the state's 44% of Republicans and 26% of Democrats, its 29% of unaffiliated voters"aren't used to voting in primaries at all.
"Anti-abortion politicians put this amendment on the primary ballot with the goal of low voter turnout, but they discounted Kansans, who said loud and clear they believe and trust patients to make their own medical decisions—especially during a dark moment in history when people across the Midwest and South are not afforded that same freedom,""This historic victory was the result of a groundswell of grassroots support and a broad coalition of reasonable, thoughtful Kansans across...
Alexis McGill Johnson, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, suggested that"as the first state to vote on abortion rights following the fall of, Kansas is a model for a path to restoring reproductive rights across the country through direct democracy."
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