How states would vote on abortion

The New York Times published a map that estimates how voters would vote on abortion if they had the chance to do so in a referendum like the one Kansas just had. Voters in seven states (in tan below) are estimated to be willing to vote against abortion rights in margins that range from 52% to 56%. The NYT estimated that at least 40 states would vote to retain abortion rights.

The upshot? Where Republicans control the legislature but public sentiment favors keeping abortion rights, voters will not be given a chance to vote on it. To pretend that the Republican Party is democratic and not authoritarian Christofascist, it might risk a vote in the three most anti-abortion states, LA, MS and AL. The Republicans would not dare to risk a vote in close states like UT, TX, SC, WV, ID or TN. 

That is how radical right Republicans play political and propaganda hardball. They play for keeps, no matter how many lives they destroy or kill. Republican Party cynical callousness and mendacity in politics and propaganda is no different than that used by the the carbon energy sector or the cigarette industry.