There isn’t a lot to celebrate today, but we’ll take what we can get. America decided to marry their abusive ex again. We’re all so disappointed that we’ve come to a place where we can’t trust many other Americans. I know our readers feel despondent. We do, too. However, there is some good news on this dark day. Like I said, we’ll take what we can get.
Via NPR:
Missourians voted to legalize abortion up until fetal viability and override the state’s current ban on nearly all abortions, according to a call by the Associated Press.
The amendment enshrines abortion rights into the constitution over the objections of the heavily Republican state leadership.
Missouri was the first state to ban abortion – even in cases of rape and only with an exception for medical emergencies – after the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022. Then abortion rights proponents gathered hundreds of thousands of signatures for a vote on the amendment to legalize abortion up to fetal viability, which is around 24 weeks.
While Missouri has become a much more Republican state in the past decade, passage of the amendment wasn’t a surprise. It was in part a reaction to the state’s current law. A campaign committee backing the amendment raised tens of millions of dollars — and signed up thousands of volunteers to knock doors and make phone calls.
Missouri is one of 10 states voting on abortion rights this election.
Women are considered chattel to Republicans but not to the voters in Missouri.
Yeah, about that:
Ladies and friends of ladies, we have so much more work to do. We’re all tired right now, but we’re not giving up. Also, fuck Donald Trump eleventy bazillion ways.
