Does the Kansas abortion vote reflect the will of America?
People in the US state Kansas have voted to maintain a constitutional right to abortion - a major victory for pro-choice groups.
The ballot was the first state-wide referendum on the issue since the Supreme Court allowed states to ban the procedure, when it overturned the Roe v Wade ruling in June 2022.
Amy Littlefield is abortion access correspondent at the US publication The Nation. She told Newsday the referendum result is "clear evidence the pro-choice majority" has been "awakened", adding "credit goes to the grassroot organisers in Kansas who pulled off this tremendous upset.鈥�
(Picture: Abortion-rights supporters react as early polls showed that voters rejected a state constitutional amendment that would have declared there is no right to abortion, at a Kansans for Constitutional Freedom election watch party in Topeka, Kansas, U.S. August 2, 2022. Credit: Evert Nelson/USA Today Network via REUTERS.)
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