Mary Sanchez: Every vote in America is now about abortion
by Mary Sanchez, Tribune Content Agency
Aug 12, 2022
3 minutes
The pro-choice jubilation that overtook the state of Kansas is beginning to subside, as all victorious celebrations eventually do. What’s less clear is if the revelers fully grasp that they’re still running against howling headwinds.
This is despite the overwhelming support Kansans showed for reproductive rights in the August 2 vote. At about a 60/40 split, voters deep-sixed an amendment that would have opened the door to a conservative Kansas legislature intent on restricting abortion.
Nothing about the vote stops those legislators
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