In a major victory for abortion rights groups, Kentucky voters rejected a proposal to revise the state constitution to make clear there is no protected right to abortion.
Unofficial election results from the Associated Press Wednesday morning showed voters narrowly defeated Amendment 2, a largely Republican-backed measure that sought to add these words to the Kentucky constitution: “to protect human life, nothing in this constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the funding of abortion.”
As of 8:20 a.m. with an estimated 86% of votes counted, 52.5% of voters cast a “No” vote, compared to the 47.5% who supported changing the constitution.
