Despite threats of another vote to repeal that MIGHT be headed to the ballot . . . Here's a national activist flexing after a close and somewhat surprising victory in Missouri . . .
“I think it's incredibly exciting that Missouri had that win in November, and the fact that Missourians are actually able to get access to abortion a few months later,” McGill Johnson said. “And it says that no matter what state you are in, the majority of people support access to abortion. They believe the decision should be left to patients and their providers, and there's no room in that exam room for politicians.”
Amendment 3 received more than 338,000 votes more than Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and won outright in GOP-dominated places like St. Charles and Buchanan counties.
McGill Johnson said that type of result shows that abortion rights can not only transcend party lines, but also generational and gender lines. Pew Research Center data from May 2024 showed that 61% of men supported keeping abortion legal in all or most cases.
“I think oftentimes this issue has been framed as a polarizing issue, and I think that's a bit of a false equivalence,” McGill Johnson said. “The majority of Americans support reproductive freedom, and that's why you've seen wins as varied as in New York and California and Missouri and Montana.”
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National Planned Parenthood president says Missouri provided abortion rights spark
Alexis McGill Johnson spoke at a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood Great Rivers in Clayton.
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