West Virginia Governor Denies Request to Put Abortion Vote to the People
Title-West Virginia Governor Denies Request to Put Abortion Vote to the People After Seeing What Happened in Kansas
Source-https://jezebel.com/west-virginia-governor-denies-request-to-put-abortion-v-1849416917
snip-"After the fall of Roe v. Wade, some conservatives are apparently fine with “sending abortion back to the states,” but only if it means leaving the decision to gerrymandered state legislatures and not the actual voters in those states. West Virginia Governor, party-switcher, and bulldog humiliator Jim Justice (R) said Monday that he opposes a suggestion from Democratic lawmakers to put abortion access on the ballot in a referendum, according to the Associated Press. And of course he does, considering what happened when Kansas did it."
The state’s pre-Roe abortion ban is being blocked by a judge, and Republicans failed to pass a bill criminalizing abortion in a special session this summer. Democrats asked Justice on Friday to hold another special session so they could consider a resolution on a constitutional amendment (read: a ballot measure that would go to a popular vote) for “reproductive freedom.” The AP said Justice “scoffed” at the idea and said state abortion law is under the purview of the legislature and the attorney general, only. No democracy allowed.
snip-"I think what Republicans like Justice are doing is looking at how Kansas voters defeated an anti-abortion amendment by nearly 20 points—with the pro-choice position outperforming Donald Trump’s 2020 results—and getting very, very nervous. I think what Justice is doing is reading coverage of polls showing that a majority of Americans would like to vote on abortion directly and would vote to protect access."
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F that guy
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