In Kansas, more than 540,000 voters cast ballots to defend existing abortion rights. Strategists are already studying the Kansas playbook, with an eye toward the November midterms.
to the Supreme Court—carried by nearly fifteen points less than two years ago. More voters showed up than in any primary in state history. “I’m still in shock,” All e-mailed, eighteen hours after the Associated Press called the election. The pro-choice campaign had focussed not strictly on abortion access but on the idea that decisions about pregnancy and women’s health should not be made by politicians, nor should women’s rights be taken away.
Amanda Litman, the co-founder of Run for Something, which is supporting more than five hundred progressive candidates this year, sees abortion rights as a particularly potent issue. The outcome in Kansas, she told me, “reinforces the advice we’ve been giving candidates since Day One, which is to not be afraid to stand up for your values.
That was the message, too, from Value Them Both, the coalition of abortion foes that included leaders of the local Catholic Church, notably Kansas City Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, the former chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Catholic organizations, led by the archdiocese, donated more than four million dollars to the ballot effort.
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