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The Latest Breaking News from Kansas

On Tuesday, we covered elections in six states—Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Washington. Here are some results highlights:

Ballotpedia

The Guardian view on the Kansas abortion vote: voice of America

Editorial: This week’s vote to defend women’s rights mirrors US opinion on the issue more generally and may shape the midterm elections

The Guardian - UK

What the Kansas abortion vote means for a constitutional amendment effort in Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Democrats are pointing to this week’s victory for abortion rights in Kansas as a harbinger for the Keystone State, where a similar ballot question could be considered by voters as early as next year.

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‘Ongoing fight.’ What does Kansas’ strong vote for abortion rights mean for November?

Democrats nationwide latched onto Kansas’ resounding affirmation of abortion rights as a sign of good things to come.

Tribune News Service

Abortion rights supporters and opponents look for lessons from the Kansas vote

Kentucky has a similar measure on the ballot, and another is expected in Michigan. But even as advocates analyze the results, they warn that messaging that worked in Kansas may not work nationwide.

WEKU

A Kansas police officer victimized ‘countless’ women, lawyers say. The state hinders them from suing

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two women who say they were sexually abused by longtime Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Roger Golubski have expressed interest in suing — if only state law would let them.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Go ahead, North Carolina Republicans. Put abortion on the ballot

Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion in North Carolina has remained legal, but Republicans seem eager to restrict it.

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Editorial: The matter with Kansas: Abortion rights could be a winner for Democrats in the fall

In 2020, Donald Trump won Kansas over Joe Biden 56%-42%. In 2016, he bested Hillary Clinton there 56%-36%. And Tuesday, by a similar margin, 59%-41%, Kansans voted to keep state constitutional provisions that protect abortion rights.

Tribune News Service

Will abortion be on more state ballots after Kansas vote?

Abortion rights opponents were shocked and abortion advocates energized by a decisive statewide vote in heavily Republican Kansas this week in favor of protecting abortion access

The Independent UK

At the Races: Sunflower shocker - Roll Call

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Roll Call

How the 2022 midterms strategy could change after the Kansas abortion vote

Republican and Democratic strategists are recalibrating how much of an issue abortion rights will play in the midterm elections after a decisive vote by Kansans in favor of abortion rights.

WEKU

Seth Meyers on Kansas abortion vote: ‘A promising sign of progress’

Late-night hosts discuss Kansas’s overwhelming vote to protect abortion rights and Alex Jones’s inept defamation trial lawyer

The Guardian - US

Mary McNamara: Dear Hollywood: Next time, choose to film in Kansas

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Los Angeles Times

How abortion rights were won in conservative Kansas

For abortion rights activists, Kansas voters’ overwhelming rejection Tuesday of a ballot measure that would have allowed Republican lawmakers to restrict or outlaw the procedure is not just an unexpected victory in this conservative state.

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The Independent UK

Dirty tricks in Kansas via text: Does yes actually mean no?

The day before Kansas voters rejected a ballot question that could have eroded abortion rights, many people in the state reported receiving anonymous text messages with misleading information about the vote

Ballotpedia

Turnout for Kansas’ Aug. 2 abortion ballot measure

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Roll Call

Democrats double down on abortion rights after Kansas referendum

The defeat of a Kansas abortion referendum by 18 points signals voters are rejecting what Democrats call the GOP's "extreme" politics.

Salon

After Kansas, right's in deep denial

After a stunning defeat in the Sunflower State, abortion foes make up excuses: Maybe they didn't go far enough!

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The Guardian - US

The Kansas victory shows that Democrats can fight for abortion rights and win

Even in conservative Kansas, abortion rights are popular. The Democrats need to stop shying away from abortion and make it a campaign issue

Axios

Kansas referendum boosts Democrats' midterm focus on abortion

The resounding win for abortion rights may shape November contests across the country.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Kansas voters showed the nation how to keep abortion rights safe

In record numbers, Kansas voters went to the polls Tuesday and definitively told conservative state legislators to back off from trying to take away abortion rights. Voters across Democratic and Republican swaths of Kansas resoundingly defeated a ballot measure that would have amended the state constitution to remove the right…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

What an uprising in Kansas means for abortion in other red states

The conservative “pro-life” movement managed to do something that abortion-rights activists have been trying to do for decades — they have destroyed the stigma around abortion.

The Independent UK

The Supreme Court ‘practically dared’ Americans to show up for abortion rights. Kansas voters overwhelmingly did

America’s first post-Roe referendum on abortion rights galvanised voters. It also underscored the fragility of abortion care in the region and across the US

The Texas Tribune

Texas Democrats see hope in Kansas abortion vote, but challenges remain

Democrats and abortion-rights supporters in Texas are energized by voters in Republican-dominated Kansas who on Tuesday resoundingly voted to keep the right to an abortion in their state constitution.

Tribune News Service

‘An unmistakable message.’ Kansas’ vote for abortion rights sends ripples nationwide

Kansas’ strong vote in favor of abortion rights – coming in a state long dominated by Republicans – has Democrats and abortion rights supporters ready to go on the offensive in the November election, encouraged by an unexpectedly commanding victory.

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