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Kansas to vote on abortion in early test after Roe’s overturn

Supporters of 'Value Them Both', a constitutional amendment that would remove language guaranteeing the right to an abortion from the Kansas state constitution, rally in Shawnee, Kansas, the United States on July 30 [Caitlin Wilson/AFP]

The Midwestern state of Kansas is set to vote on whether to repeal abortion protections from its constitution in an early test of United States public opinion after the country’s top court revoked the federal protection of the procedure.

The vote on Tuesday comes more than two months after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 case that guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion.

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