Results: See vote totals from Kansas election over abortion rights in state constitution
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With the highly anticipated vote, the nation is likely to look at Kansas a bellwether for how Americans will vote when it comes to abortion rights.
The right to an abortion will remain in the Kansas Constitution, voters decided, based on early vote totals. National groups hailed the vote as a victorious sign for abortion rights movements across the U.S.
Kansas Constitutional Amendment
The Kansas state constitution currently protects the right to abortion, but this primary election asked voters to decide on an amendment that would get rid of those protections.
If Kansans had voted yes on the ballot and the amendment had passes, the legislature would have had the opportunity to impose new restrictions on abortion, which could include banning the procedure.
Since Kansans voted no and the amendment did not pass, the legislature would continue to be barred from passing most legislation that impedes on an individual’s access to abortion. Any new abortion restrictions will need to clear an extremely high level of “strict scrutiny” from the court to become law. Current abortion restrictions could be challenged in court, but any actual changes to the current restrictions would depend on Kansas courts ruling that the regulation in question violates the state’s constitution.
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