Kansas upholds constitutional abortion rights guarantee

Voters in this conservative state rejected an amendment that would have removed language guaranteeing the right to abortion in the state Constitution and could have paved the way for stricter regulation or a ban. This election was seen as a political test at the national level, many conservative states having already banned or intending to quickly ban any right to abortion.

Moments after the polls closed at 7:00 p.m. (0000 GMT), Kansas election overseer Scott Schwab said turnout was at least 50%, a figure in line with expectations for this type of poll. . At noon, nearly 250 voters had passed through the Olathe polling station, in the suburbs of Kansas City, the same number at this time as during a presidential election, according to electoral agent Marsha Barrett. “This election is crazy,” she told AFP. “People are determined to vote.

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