'I think across the country, especially for women ... of course it will be the Dobbs decision.'
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"I think across the country, especially for women ... of course it will be the Dobbs decision," Bottoms said during Tuesday's Axios event., New York and Florida, among other states, where support for abortion rights drove turnout. In Kansas, over 922,000 voters showed up this summer to oppose a referenda that would strip abortion rights out of the state's constitution.
"What we saw in Kansas ... is probably an indication of what we will see across the country," she said.Bottoms' remarks come as passion for protecting abortion rights has emerged as Democrats' centerpiece — and is fueling engagement — less than two months before midterm elections, Axios' Josh KraushaarBottoms cautioned that she is "concerned" about voter turnout, saying: "I don't see the enthusiasm that I think that we should see by now.
"Maybe it'll be a very quiet revolution and hopefully as we get closer to November, people will start to pay more attention," she said during Tuesday's Axios event.
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