Mitch Kucharski says the energy really changed when row was overturned. But what was their strategy for flipping voters at the poles? Well, a number of different ways," he said. "Some messaging that uses some of the language of conservatives to make the pitch for abortion rights"
This episode contains mention of sexual assault.
Kansas this week became the first U.S. state since the fall of Roe v. Wade to put the question of abortion directly to the electorate.
The result was resounding. Voters chose overwhelmingly to preserve abortion rights, an outcome that could have important political reverberations for the rest of the country.
Guest: Mitch Smith, a correspondent covering the Midwest and the Great Plains for The New York Times.
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