It was the first time that voters have weighed in on the issue since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
A voter cast their ballot in Kansas's primary election in Merriam, Kansas on Aug. 2, 2022.
, the landmark 1973 opinion that legalized abortion nationwide. Advocates and political observers viewed the election in Kansas asto defend abortion rights in the wake of the court’s June 24 decision. “In 2019, the Supreme Court of Kansas recognized that the rights to self-determination and bodily autonomy are deeply rooted in Kansas history and values, and today the Kansas voters resoundingly agreed,” Northup said in a statement. “Like the strong majority of people across the U.S., Kansans want to make their own decisions about abortion.”
In Wichita, voters cast their ballots inside the church where Dr. George Tiller, the director of an abortion clinic, was murdered by an anti-abortion extremist in 2009. “It really hit me when I walked in the doors, that this is the exact place where Dr. George Tiller was murdered by a crazy … anti-abortion fanatic,” voter Chris Wallace. “I pray that the amendment fails and that he is looking down on us and so happy.
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