Roe v. Wade is gone.

[TheJefe817]

Edit: I posted this before scrolling up, apparently.  Clearly it has been noted already, but I'll leave my comments.

I did not see anyone post a about this yet, but then I've also been on vacation, disconnected from...well...pretty much everything, and also just turned 50, so maybe my brain missed it.  Kansans voted, apparently unexpectedly and apparently with a pretty wide margin, to *not* let the conservative legislature there take up the issue of removing abortion protections from the state constitution.  I think I have that right - the initiative was worded so oddly that it's hard to avoid double negatives.

Regardless, this seems like a huge deal to me.  Kansas is a very reliably red state, and this in my mind underscores the public sentiment on this issue, even in ruby red areas.  It also makes me wonder if we are in for a bit of a shock in November - clearly there were a lot of Reps in Kansas who did not listen to the directives being fed to them by their elected officials.  I was really shocked to see the magnitude of the defeat.