Voters in Kansas voted to strike down an anti-abortion ballot measure in a forceful rebuke of the Supreme Court’s recent reversal of Roe v. Wade.
The non-binding referendum would have cleared the way for lawmakers to ban or restrict abortion was the first time voters in the US were asked to weigh in on the right to choose since the high court overturned five decades of federal reproductive protections in June.
Proponents of the measure in Topeka wouldn’t say if they would have moved to ban abortion if it had passed, as they sought to court votes from moderates who supported abortion restrictions, not outright prohibition. Activists on both sides of the issue had spent $14 million lobbying voters in the state, including abortion providers and the anti-abortion Catholic Church.“Abortion is health care and the government shouldn’t have a say on whether women receive what could be life-saving care,” Alton said, adding that she would support candidates who wouldn’t “let this kind of thing happen.
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