Kansas Voters Rebuff Proposal to End Abortion Protections

Wall Street Journal: Kansas voters soundly rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment that would have ended protections for abortion, in the first statewide referendum on the issue since the Supreme Court eliminated abortion rights at the federal level (Wall Street Journal).

Axios: Kansas’ constitution guarantees the “equal and inalienable natural rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” which the state Supreme Court ruled in 2019 includes the right to abortion, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights. Don’t forget: Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee and West Virginia are the only four states that have amended their state constitutions to prohibit any protections for abortion rights (Axios).