The amendment supporters say that it would hand the power back to kansas. But they've been quiet about what those laws would be. Nothing would change overnight. Any new laws would have to pass through the legislature. And there is currently a democratic governor, laura kelly who could block anti abortion bills.
For decades Ayman al-Zawahiri was the chief ideologue of the terrorist group. We ask what his death in Afghanistan means for the broader jihadist movement. A vote on abortion in Kansas today is a sharp test of the electorate following the gutting of Roe v Wade. And remembering Diana Kennedy, an indefatigable food writer and champion of Mexican cuisine.
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