Behind the Kansas abortion shocker: Why some red states don’t want a total ban
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Kansas voters defended the right to abortion in the state constitution yesterday. While in line with the Supreme Court, it wasn't the outcome hoped by many.
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But the whole rationale for overturning Roe v. Wade was to take such decisions out of the hands of unelected judges and put them closer to the people, on a state by state basis. Well, in Kansas, a conservative state where Republicans far outnumber Democrats, the people have spoken, with a 59 to 41% declaration.
Now those who are passionately pro-life will keep on fighting, as they have every right to do, just as pro-choicers wouldn’t have given up if they had gotten beaten. This is just one round in the Kansas battle.