Kansas Voters Reject Removing ‘Right’ to Abortion From State Constitution

Plus: Pelosi Defies China's Bluster, Heralds 'Taiwan's Vibrant Democracy'

August 3 2022   Good morning from Washington, where many eyes are on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she arrives in Taiwan despite China's threats. Fred Lucas reports. In Kansas, voters decide that the state constitution should protect a woman's right to abortion. Our Virginia Allen is on the ground. On the podcast, former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker ponders what young Americans care about. Plus: the fight over superconductor chips; parents oppose California's transgender bills; a new front in the pro-life movement; and GOP candidates confront media bias. On this date in 1949, after a three-year contest to win players and fans, the rival Basketball Association of America and National Basketball League merge to form the National Basketball Association.     NEWS Kansas Voters Reject Removing 'Right' to Abortion From State Constitution By Virginia Allen The voters of Kansas reject an amendment to the state constitution that would have allowed state lawmakers to ban abortion. More NEWS Pelosi Defies China's Bluster, Heralds 'Taiwan's Vibrant Democracy' By Fred Lucas Chinese Communist Party officials react to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision by ratcheting up their rhetoric, promising military drills near Taiwan, and taking punitive economic actions. More COMMENTARY CHIPS: Congress Misses Opportunity for Real Security By Dustin Carmack Let's walk through the repeated watering down and opposition to guardrails and more security requirements that led us to where we are today. More ANALYSIS Scott Walker on What Makes America's Youth Tick By Douglas Blair "If anything, I think [young Americans are] more libertarian than they are liberal, in the sense that at their core, they just want to live their own lives," the former Wisconsin governor says. More NEWS 2 Parents Fight California Transgender Bills By Douglas Blair "We've had enough of this extreme liberalism," registered Democrat Erin Friday tells The Daily Signal. More COMMENTARY Chemical Abortion Looms as Next Pro-Life Battlefield By Thomas Jipping, Isaac Bock Killing a child in the womb no longer requires traveling to an abortion clinic. It can be accomplished without leaving home through a two-drug combination approved by the FDA in 2000. More COMMENTARY Republicans Might Skip Liberal Interviews? Good By Tim Graham Why should Republican candidates be interviewed by reporters who hate them, any more than Democrats submit to Fox or Newsmax or the New York Post? More COMMENTARY ICYMI: Whoops! Department of Education Makes $300 Billion Accounting Mistake on Student Loans By Lindsey Burke Instead of "making" $114 billion for taxpayers, the federal student loan program actually costs taxpayers $10 billion annually. More           Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at letters@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as franchmaverickk.secretwords123@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.