'People are mad as hell': Abortion-rights supporters weigh in on Kansas amendment vote
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Here's what abortion-rights supporters were saying about Kansas as the so-called Value Them Both amendment results were coming in Tuesday.
Thing I never thought I would say….thank God for Kansas.
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) August 3, 2022
Tonight, Kansans used their voices to protect women’s right to choose and access reproductive health care.
It’s an important victory for Kansas, but also for every American who believes that women should be able to make their own health decisions without government interference.— President Biden (@POTUS) August 3, 2022
Dorothy: We’re not in Kansas anymore.
Abortion rights voters: Oh yes we are.— Dan Rather (@DanRather) August 3, 2022
It is time to reevaluate the conventional wisdom about the midterms after this vote in Kansas. People are mad as hell at having their rights taken away.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) August 3, 2022
This is huge: abortion rights were on the ballot for the first time since Roe, and the people of Kansas voted to preserve access. I’m grateful down to my toes for everyone who helped stop this dangerous ballot measure in its tracks. https://t.co/krqSdoK4E2
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) August 3, 2022
Kansas! If we can whallop them on abortion rights there, we can take the fight to them everywhere. Who's ready?
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) August 3, 2022
⏰ Wake UP call!
Thank you KANSAS!
The women of this country want to make their own decisions about their reproductive health care. They don’t want the politicians making them for them.— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) August 3, 2022
CELEBRATE THIS VICTORY!!! This Kansas win is just the beginning. Guns and abortion are inextricably tied together and an army of angry women can take back our rights, safety and democracy.
Join us to out organize, out work and out vote extremists: Text ELECTIONS to 644-33 https://t.co/2F53Iqtj4S— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) August 3, 2022
When abortion rights are on the ballot, we win; they win. Kansas won with historic turnout and even with deceptive tactics. This country believes in reproductive freedom. We will not be stopped.
— Ilyse Hogue (@ilyseh) August 3, 2022
NO is gonna win in Kansas.
This is a political earthquake. Roe woke up a giant.
Complete game-changer heading into the midterms.— Mike Madrid (@madrid_mike) August 3, 2022
Good job, Kansas. Good damn job.
— Bob Lutz (@boblutz) August 3, 2022
Old enough to remember when pundits said nah, abortion won't matter. Seems like just last week Rs were pushing a national ban. Well, voters still hold the cards. They are not going to put up with this - or the pols who deprive women of fundamental rights.
— Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) August 3, 2022
This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Twitter reactions as Kansas abortion amendment votes were tallied
