BREAKING: Kansas voters overwhelmingly back keeping abortion rights enshrined in the state Constitution, NBC News projects.
The measure sought to supersede a 2019 ruling by the Kansas Supreme Court that said the state’s Constitution guaranteed the right to have an abortion. Doing so would allow the state legislature to pass laws restricting or banning abortion.
Abortion rights advocates supported a “no” vote on the measures, which makes no changes to the status quo.telling them a “yes” vote would protect the right to an abortion, however. It’s unclear who is responsible for sending out the message. Abortion rights proponents have argued that with Roe gone, the stakes are far too high to put the issue in the hands of state GOP lawmakers. They point to several recently proposed bills that would restrict or ban abortion — includingin March — that they say would certainly be re-introduced in upcoming state legislature sessions if the Kansas ballot initiative is successful.
“This is not a ban on abortion,” Republican state Rep. Tory Marie Arnberger, a supporter of the initiative who helped get it on the August ballot, told NBC News in a recent interview. “I am a fan of each state having their own regulations on abortion. With Roe v. Wade being overturned, that is now each state’s right, and I think it’s up to each state legislature to decide what is best for their state,” she added.
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