OLATHE , Aug 3 — Abortion rights advocates celebrated yesterday as the Midwestern US state of Kansas voted to maintain the right to the procedure, the first major poll on the flashpoint issue since the Supreme Court overturned nationwide access in June.
Pro-abortion rights campaigners and supporters celebrated the win for their side of the hotly contested US debate.When polls closed at 7.00pm , Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab said turnout was as high as 50 per cent on this referendum, local media reported, a number usually expected for a general election.
“It’s an important victory for Kansas, but also for every American who believes that women should be able to make their own health decisions without government interference.” In a separate statement, he urged Congress to “listen to the will of the American people” and pass a bill codifying the right to abortion.
In the opposing camp, activists said the campaign was a barely masked bid to clear the way for an outright ban — one state legislator had already introduced a bill that would ban abortion without exceptions for rape, incest or the mother’s life.
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