It was the first time that a referendum on this issue had been held in a US state since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, that is, repealing constitutional protections for the right to abortion at the federal level, he writes Reuters.
After Tuesday’s vote, the Republican-majority legislature in Kansas cannot restrict abortion rights in the state.
According to Joe Biden, this refers to the will of the majority
Analysts expected the opposite outcome because Republican voters tend to turn up at the polls in greater numbers than Democrats and independents. However, turnout on Tuesday was much higher than expected. So far, 98 percent of the vote has been counted, and based on the results, 59 percent of voters supported preserving the right to abortion, while 41 percent would prefer it to be removed from the Kansas Constitution.
Joe Biden our president welcome the result. According to him, the poll showed that the majority of Americans support the right of women to have an abortion, and that decisions about their health To bring.
In Kansas, abortion is permitted up to the 22nd week of pregnancy. In all cases, the intervention is preceded by a waiting period of at least 24 hours, and in the case of minor patients, parental consent is also required.
Since the decision of the Federal Supreme Court in June I travel a lot to Kansas From Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and from other countrieswhere approx Abortion was strictly prohibited. A spokeswoman for an abortion clinic in Wichita said:
Sixty percent of their patients come from outside the state.
More similar votes are expected in the fall in Kentucky, California, Vermont, and possibly Michigan, among other states.
