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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 ...

Kansans will soon discover the political dishonesty in play when the abortion industry descends on the state to expand operations.

Crisis looks like and conversations about emergency contraception and medical care. kansans wanted to push back and say, no, that's not going to happen here. our doors are open and we're still seeing patient and feel very fortunate their rights are in fact. >> i'm going to ask you guys to stick around, if you could, as we await this executive action being taken by the president any moment now, waiting for him from the white house. of course the president continuing to test positive for covid so that will be taken virtually but nonetheless, we'll be watching that very closely. still ahead, big ...

Talking about access to abortion for women in the midwest. had this passed, thousands of women would not have had access to abortions in that area, women traveling especially from states like texas as well with restrictive laws in place there. what does this mean for access now considering what's taken place over the last 24 hours? >> it's hugely critical. we know when you don't have access at the local level, there's really no access at all. in the great plains we serve patients in arkansas, oklahoma and missouri. we have neighboring kansas, three states that don't have local access and where...

>> a bit of levity there at the end as the president appears virtually. the second action he's taking on abortion access amidst the overturn of roe, some of which will be included in this executive action making it easier for women to travel between states, allowing states to apply for specific medicaid waivers that would help treat out of state abortion seekers and a federal task force on reproductive care led by vice president kamala harris who attended this talk as well. and the president addressing the voters in kansans and -- kansas and extreme measures when it comes to abortion access. i...