Kansas voters to weigh in directly on abortion rights

Kansas voters on Tuesday will be the first in the nation to have their say on whether abortion should remain constitutionally protected in the state after landmark abortion ruling Roe v. Wade was overturned. And with the future of abortion rights in the state on the ballot, Kansas is seeing a surge in early voting ahead of the primary.

Since the Supreme Court rolled back the nearly 50-year-old decision in June, lawmakers in more than a dozen predominantly Republican-controlled states have already moved to ban or further restrict abortion access – and further efforts are expected. The court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization leaves it up to states to decide whether abortion remains legal.

In Kansas, the right to an abortion remains protected – at least for now.