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Freshly christened Democratic nominee Trudy Busch Valentine walked into Chris’ Pancake and Dining on Wednesday morning and did a lap, shaking the hands of people there to eat — some there to see her, others who just wanted a tall stack of pancakes.

In the first electoral test of Americans' mood since the US Supreme Court reversed Roe v Wade, a traditionally conservative state votes to protect abortion rights. It could be a sign of what's to come.

Nearly half of state’s registered voters turned out in first electoral test of US abortion rights

Kansas voters have rejected a state constitutional amendment that would have declared there is no right to abortion, Edison Research projects.

Republicans did everything they could to keep pro-choicers from the polls, yet the abortion ban went down in flames

Washington (AFP) - The surprise vote in Republican-heavy Kansas to repudiate a push for abortion bans fired shockwaves through the US political landscape ahead of November's midterm elections, with President Joe Biden's Democrats now seeing a glimmer of hope that they may avoid their predicted drubbing.

Democratic and Republican primaries across several states tested voters’ views ahead of the crucial midterm elections.

But the victory for reproductive rights, even in a deep-red state, doesn’t equal an instant victory for Democrats.

Democrats celebrated the Kansas vote as a testament to the desire for abortion rights nationwide, even in Republican-held states