In record numbers, Kansas voters went to the polls last week and definitively told conservative state legislators to back off from trying to take away abortion rights. They can – and should – vote for constitutional amendments that protect abortion rights and vote down amendments that won’t. In fact, looking at the turnout and the resounding win in Kansas, the message to legislators who oppose abortion rights is: Your time is up. It took a lot of advocates on the ground in Kansas assembling a broad coalition to achieve a victory to protect constitutional rights. And voters in California and Vermont, where abortion rights are secure, can vote in November to enshrine abortion rights into their constitutions.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 08, 2022 08:02 UTC