abortion rights are on the ballot come this november. in from the states, the consequences of this year s elections in swing states it cannot be understated, americans right to an abortion in these places like michigan, wisconsin, and arizona, could soon be in the hands of republican candidates running on platforms to ban or severely limit abortion. pennsylvania is currently run by democrats, tumbled, he has pledged to protect women s rights to abortion, but wolf is term limited and won t be on the ballot come this fall. if he is replaced by doug mastriano mastriano will push the state legislature to ban abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest. in arizona, republican front runner, kari lake has called for the carbon coffee for the texas stela abortion ban which doesn t include exceptions for rape or incest. in michigan, republicans have called it for all out republican abortion bans, and one of them has even said that we must inspire women who get raped to give birth
especially given these primary elections, typically have lower turnout rates than general elections. it was, in fact, the opposite effect. to put into context how unprecedented these numbers were, in 2018 about 450,000 people showed up for the kansas primary election. yesterday it was nearly double that. that s about half of the state s total registered voters, even some kansans were surprised by that. there were a lot of people last fall that did not believe that the supreme court would overturn roe v. wade. and when they realized that it happened and they were like, oh, i think i need to go vote. so i think it brought a lot a people out the door to vote that wouldn t normally vote in a primary. i m super proud to be from kansas tonight and i feel like my state just showed up and boldly told me they are going to take care of me and my female friends and everyone that can get pregnant in the state of kansas. we are protected tonight. i thought it would be a lot closer.
great plains. wife of the supreme court justice clarence thomas, and her role to overturn the election. yet she doesn t seem to be on the raider of the january six committee. one week ago, a gunman filled with hate targeted a black community in a deadly rampage. i will talk to mayor byron brown about what can be done next to heal the community. we are still dealing with covid and now that there are new fears of a new medical issue in the united states, monkeypox. we ll tell you if you need to be worried. we will begin with the battle for abortion rights. it s happening right now. gop can state-controlled legislators across the country. a rush to pass bills in anticipation of roe being overturned by the supreme court. take the city of oklahoma, a bill made its way to the state legislature on thursday, which bans abortions from fertilization with exceptions. here s more on the pending legislation. the governor has promised to sign any anti abortion registration that rea
Emily Wells, a mass communication major and theatre arts minor from Warren, is the the winner of the 2024 Edward L. Whitbeck Memorial Award at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.