we hold that roe and casey must be overruled justice alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court. that scoop, that headline changed everything it certainly changed the course of the midterm elections that moment, the stakes of the upcoming november election skyrocketed. it gave democrats over a month and a half head start to start campaigning on that issue before the opinion was handed down in late june. on june 24th the supreme court struck down roe v. wade, the law of the land for nearly 50 years, and stripped away reproductive rights for millions in this country. six weeks later the first test of abortion rights at the state ballot box came in kansas. voters in kansas headed to the polls in early august to vote on a constitutional amendment that would strip away abortion rights from the state constitution. in kansas of all places, voters rejected that republican effort. people overwhelmingly voted to protect abortion rights in the state s constitu
we hold that rowe and casey must be overturned, justice alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court. that scoop, that headline changed everything and it certainly changed the course of the midterm elections. in that moment the stakes of the upcoming november election, they skyrocketed and gave democrats over a month and a half, head start, to start campaigning on that issue before the opinion was handed down in late june and on june 24th the supreme court struck down roe v. wade, the law of the land for nearly 50 years, and stripped away reproductive rights for millions in this country. just six weeks later the first test of abortion rights at the state ballot box came in kansas. voters in kansas headed to the polls in early august to vote on a constitutional amendment that would strip away abortion rights from the state constitution. in kansas of all places voters rejected that republican effort. people overwhelmingly voted to protect abortion right
state s constitution it was not even close. voters in kansas rejected the amendment by nearly 60%. turnout for that election soared it was the largest turnout for a primary in the state s history beyond kansas that primary changed the entire midterm election landscape and gave democrats bona fide momentum until that point all expectations were that the party was headed for traditional and sizable losses in congress that night in kansas expectations shifted voters were engaged and showing up in a way largely unseen in modern political history then there was the special election in new york s 19th congressional district democrat pat ryan campaigned on abortion rights and even released his first ad that highlighted reproductive rights minutes after the supreme court overturned roe pat ryan labeled his campaign his election victory as a referendum on abortion rights. and that strategy worked coupled with that, democrats
protect abortion rights in the state s constitution it was not even close. voters in kansas rejected the amendment by nearly 60%. turnout for that election soared it was the largest turnout for a primary in the state s history but beyond kansas that primary changed the entire midterm election landscape and gave democrats bona fide momentum, until that point all expectations were that the party was headed for a traditional and sizable midterm losses in congress, but that night in kansas expectations shifted, voters were engaged and they were showing up in a way that was largely unseen in modern political history. and then there was the special election in new york s 19th congressional district democrat path ryan campaigned on abortion rights, he even released his first ad that highlighted reproductive rights minutes after the supreme court overturned roe he labeled his election victory as a referendum on abortion rights and that strategy worked.