The landmark ruling now stands as the law of the land in Kansas with no path for an appeal. Because it turns on the state's Constitution, abortion would remain legal in Kansas even if the Roe v. Wade case that established a national right to abortion is ever reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The decision turbocharged efforts among conservative legislators to ask voters to add an abortion ban to the Kansas Constitution. Lawmakers return to the capital, Topeka, next week.
MAXWELL: Jennifer, do you think [the shocking result] could be because of some of the stories that we've been reading just in the last couple of weeks? You mentioned earlier the woman in Texas who carried her dead fetus inside of her for two weeks because of the Texas ban on abortion, post-Dobbs. Speak to those unintended consequences and that wake-up call that Cecile [Richards, former head of Planned Parenthood] is talking about. Did the anti-abortion movement perhaps underestimate the backlash that they would receive after Dobbs?
RUBIN: I actually don't think it was unintended. This is exactly what they think of women, this is exactly what they think of abortion. the Supreme Court put absolutely no value on women's fundamental rights, on their health, on their lives, and this is the natural consequence of what they did.
For two decades that I've covered the religious right, for instance, they've clung to the notion that sexual desire only develops in teenagers because adults let them know sex exists. And so long as we just veiled it in mystery and said "wait for marriage," they'd never want it.
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) August 4, 2022
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This thread dovetails to the blog.For two decades that I've covered the religious right, for instance, they've clung to the notion that sexual desire only develops in teenagers because adults let them know sex exists. And so long as we just veiled it in mystery and said "wait for marriage," they'd never want it.
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) August 4, 2022
Earth is spinning faster than usual and had its shortest day ever, and if it continues, we may have to institute what's called a "negative leap second." Some engineers say that would wreak havoc on IT systems.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 3, 2022
https://t.co/9jPcw2lZYZ
#BREAKING: U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-Indiana) has been killed in a crash that happened at 12:32 P.M. in Elkhart County on S.R. 19 south of S.R. 119. pic.twitter.com/SbvhWlHgxL
— Erica Finke WSBT (@EricaFinkeTV) August 3, 2022
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For the IT peeps out here.Earth is spinning faster than usual and had its shortest day ever, and if it continues, we may have to institute what's called a "negative leap second." Some engineers say that would wreak havoc on IT systems.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 3, 2022
https://t.co/9jPcw2lZYZ
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Mornin' all
Really stunning what happened to Rep. Walorski, her staffers and the folks in the other vehicle. Wrong way head-on crashes seem to be happening a LOT more often over the past few years.
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Oh man, this is really terrible:#BREAKING: U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-Indiana) has been killed in a crash that happened at 12:32 P.M. in Elkhart County on S.R. 19 south of S.R. 119. pic.twitter.com/SbvhWlHgxL
— Erica Finke WSBT (@EricaFinkeTV) August 3, 2022