Abortion rights face test in Kansas vote, the first of its kind since the fall of Roe

Kansas primary voters on Tuesday will be the first in the country to decide statewide on the right to abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, putting abortion access at risk in one of the few Midwestern states that allows the procedure.

A state constitutional amendment on the primary ballot would declare that there is no right to an abortion in Kansas, though that right was protected in a state Supreme Court ruling in 2019.

The vote is not just a crucial test for Kansans but a possible bellwether across the country as Americans decide the future of abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned the nearly 50-year precedent of Roe.

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