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wade has reignited the fight for abortion rights. in states like michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin, access to basic essential reproductive health care might be determined by who is elected as governor or attorney general, and whether or not they will enforce abortion bans. and if republicans take control of congress, that leaves room for the possibility that they will begin working towards a national abortion ban. a goal that was planned even before roe is overturned. the assault on personal freedoms also extends to the lgbtq community. in recent, years republican leaders have been exploiting anti lgbtq sentiment for their political benefit. republican state legislatures are on track to introduce a record number of anti-lgbtq bills in 2022. so far this year, 13 states have already passed such laws. additionally, supreme justice clarence thomas is alarming opinion in the dobbs decision last month prompted congress to take up new legislation to protect same-sex marriag ....
The country is kind of catching up to what we ve been living for quite a long time. and joining me now is nbc s star ship burns reporting live from overland park, kansas, a suburb of kansas city. can you explain with this measure will do if passed, and what s the latest polling tells us about where this measure stands? yeah, hey, jonathan, good morning. i m standing right now in front of one of those few abortion clinics here in kansas that zach mentioned. the stakes are incredibly high, after the supreme court decision, after dogs, after roe is overturned, the surrounding states around kansas went dark. there is no abortion access around this state. so, this is really sort of an island when it comes to abortion access in this entire region. zak there did mention to me that they have seen a significant increase in the number of calls they re getting outside of the state seeking ....
Of an abortion ban. and republicans who already could hold a legislature hoping to end a veto proof majority in the fall to get around the governor. in wisconsin, abortion is already effectively bend because of a 170 plus year old la the republicans who controlled the state legislature decided to keep in place after roe fell. the states democratic governor and attorney general are fighting the law and have vowed not to enforce it. but if they lose reelection this year, the ban will stay. in some states, abortion rights are literally on the ballot. let s zero in on two of those key states, in michigan, a measure to protect abortion rights will likely appear on the november ballot after advocates quickly gathered enough signatures for a petition pushing for the proposal after roe is overturned. right now, all eyes are in kansas, where a ballot measure written by an anti abortion forces will appear on the ....
It s unknown. that being the case, we do have a ballot proposal that hopefully will appear on the november ballot, called the reproductive freedom for all ballot proposal, that would codify into her michigan constitution, not just abortion rights, but rights for birth control, which is weirdly under siege right now, and miscarriage treatments, also the fertility treatment. we are very hopeful that we ll be on the ballot and respective with the courts decide, but that will pass, and the safe haven state for those seeking abortion care here in michigan. attorney general nestle, how likely do you think it is that that ballot measure will pass? i think that an overwhelming number of michigan residents and michigan voters want to see abortion rights protected in the state, as seen polling that suggests somewhere around two thirds of our state residents that want to see those protections in place. just it s understood how popular this measure is, this ....