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Abortion vote in Kansas sparks new hope for Dems in midterms

Allie Utley, left, and Jae Moyer, center, of Overland Park, react during a primary watch party Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, at the Overland Park (Kan.) Convention Center. Kansas voters on Tuesday protected the right to get an abortion in their state, rejecting a measure that would have allowed their Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten abortion restrictions or ban it outright. (Tammy Ljungblad/The Kansas City Star via AP) People listen as organizers speak during a Value Them Both watch party after a question involving a constitutional amendment removing abortion protections from the Kansas constitution failed, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Attorney General Merrick Garland, right, speaks during the first meeting of the interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, left, and President Joe Biden, on screen, listen. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) President Joe Biden speaks virtually from the Indian Treaty Room on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, on securing access to reproductive and other health during the first meeting of the interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access. Vice President Kamala Harris, third from right, and other administration officials listen. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) President Joe Biden speaks virtually during the first meeting of the interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. From left, White House Domestic Policy Adviser Susan Rice, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Vice President Kamala Harris. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Hannah Joerger, left, Amanda Grosserode, center, and Mara Loughman hug during a Value Them Both watch party after a question involving a constitutional amendment removing abortion protections from the Kansas constitution failed Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Abortion-rights supporters rejoice as early polls indicate the proposed constitutional amendment in Kansas has not passed late Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, at a Kansans for Constitutional Freedom election watch party at the Overland Park Convention Center in Overland Park, Kan. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)
Abortion vote in Kansas sparks new hope for Dems in midterms