And while the group says it has plenty of volunteers, it’s not as though folks are consistently showing up in droves for canvassing events. Its most prominent player, Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, has a modest-size staff that seems to be constantly dashing around the state to this or that meeting or event. Yet for all the fresh energy and attention being directed toward saving abortion in Kansas, it is hard not to feel that the reproductive-rights side is a little overwhelmed. Ezra Klein speaks to David Shor, who discusses his fear that Democrats face electoral catastrophe unless they shift their messaging.Edsall asks, as the midterms approach, “to what degree are Democratic difficulties inevitable,” and which challenges stem from the party’s strategic choices? Mark Penn writes that “without a U-turn by the Biden administration,” voters increasingly motivated by fear over a variety of issues “will generate a wave election like those in 19.”.Elizabeth Warren explains her priorities and writes, “if we fail to use the months remaining before the elections to deliver on more of our agenda, Democrats are headed toward big losses.”.Opinion Debate Will the Democrats face a midterm wipeout? 2, when the measure will be on the Kansas primary election ballot. Brown warmed to the discussion, sharing her prediction of the grim future an abortion ban would bring, saying, “They are going to start finding dead babies everywhere: in trash bags, in trash cans, in toilets, in fields.” She assured the duo that she would turn out on Aug.
It took some fast talking for the volunteers to explain that they, too, value reproductive rights - that voting “no” on the amendment in fact means voting “yes” to preserving abortion access. “I believe in abortion,” she said, moving to shut her door.
Rocking black fuzzy slippers and a hot pink robe, she made a disgusted face and waved the volunteers away. Brown misunderstood which side the women were on. Bruno-Valdez offered a “Vote no” flyer explaining the measure, but Ms. They were knocking on doors in Wyandotte County, one of the state’s bluer pockets, urging voters to oppose an amendment to the Kansas Constitution that would pave the way for tighter abortion restrictions, even a total ban. They introduced themselves as volunteers with Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, a group that sounds conservative but is fighting to preserve abortion rights in the state.
When Sharon Brown answered the door of her modest town home on a recent Saturday, she was a little rude at first to the two young women standing before her, Yazmin Bruno-Valdez and Melanie Haas.
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