flower. as you pointed out, we did have that great win in north dakota, under the state constitution. and this is where we are seeing some real protections. that is what the vote was in kansas was about. the state constitution in kansas protects the right to abortion, even more strongly than the federal constitution did under roe. so, i think what we are seeing here, both in kansas and in north dakota is that there are state constitutions that provides imperfection protection. but also, when the voters get to decide themselves, they don t want the rights taken away. i think we are going to continue to see that building. i am looking for a silver lining. here is the extreme isn t the silver lining? is the fact that someone said to me in alabama, couple of weeks ago, this is not the god catching the car, this is the dog slamming into the car, or people who supported restrictions on abortion, now looking at this thing and saying, that is not exactly what we thought it would be? i think
overturning roe v. wade more than a month ago. and, we re in michigan, where the closely watched governments races all about abortion rights as trump try to out-seat on combine covering those issues with us in kansas city kansas, and she in let s start with you. abortion access is playing a pivotal role in the governor s race in michigan. where does every stand right now? well abortion will definitely be a focus when we get to the general election, but right now we, have much of the attention on the fight and battle along the republicans to take on democratic incumbent. this is been a race that has been extremely chaotic almost from the beginning. it started with the front runner. booted off the ballot because of invalid signatures. then we have a meddling in this race, spending millions of dollars to influence the republican primary. then we saw yesterday, former president pump is throwing in his endorsements and
street saying we need bodily autonomy, that is the excitement democrats need right now ahead of the midterms and to demonize them and say, you know, they re not mainstream, well abortion is a very popular issue in the country, and it goes across democratic and republican lines. i hope they address it. i m not sure they will, but i took offense to it. david axelrod said americans feel like things are out of control and he s not in command. do you agree? i department agree. i think the president has shown strong leadership. on the abortion issue, the battlefield is now at the local and state legislative levels, which is why in cincinnati, just days after the dobbs decision came down, we took action by ensuring that our healthcare coverage covers abortion-related services, that we are reimbursing travel for women who need to cross state lines to get abortions. we re looking for ways to