the fight, however, is not overment i want to bring in steven mcallister. , i'm glad you're here because, you know, you actually argued in the case that the supreme court in kansas ultimately said, hey, there is a recognized right to abortion in kansas. that was what started this now ballot initiative. what's your reaction that this was not passed? >> i'm actually overjoyed. i'm very pleased that the amendment was rejected. when i argued the case, there was federal law in place that would protect a woman's right to an abortion. kansas supreme court had never decided whether there was such a right under the kansas constitution. my job at the time was to argue the position the attorney general took, which was to argue there was no such right under the kansas constitution. so, that was the position we argued. but i also assumed, as a personal matter, that there would always be a federal level of protection. i never anticipated that the court would overrule roe and casey like it did this year. >> so many people had that same flot if i that there was always going