In kansas, the right to an abortion has been interpreted to be in there. So given that, how do republicans respond? They use their super majorities in the legislature and get this on the august 20 22 ballot. If it passes, if voting yes, that means agreeing to change the constitution and say there is noright to an abortion. Vote no, that means you keep the constitution as it is.
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Kansas this week became the first U.S. state since the fall of Roe v. Wade to put the question of abortion directly to the electorate.
The result was resounding. Voters chose overwhelmingly to preserve abortion rights, an outcome that could have important political reverberations for the rest of the country.
Guest: Mitch Smith, a correspondent covering the Midwest and the Great Plains for The New York Times.
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