Kentucky Voters Reject Constitutional Ban On Abortion

Frankfort’s CBS News affiliate reports:

Kentucky voters rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any constitutional protections for abortion, handing a victory to abortion-rights supporters who have seen access to the procedure eroded by Republican lawmakers in the deeply red state.

The outcome of Tuesday’s election highlighted what appeared to be a gap between voter sentiment and the expectations of Kentucky’s Republican-dominated legislature, which imposed a near-total ban on abortions and put the proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot.

While a significant moral victory for abortion-rights advocates, the amendment’s defeat will have no practical impact on the right to an abortion if a sweeping ban on the procedure approved by lawmakers survives a legal challenge presently before the state Supreme Court.

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The Kentucky ballot measure was originally seen as a way to drive conservative turnout, but abortion-rights supporters raised over $1.5 million to fight it after the high court’s decision in June. https://t.co/MzTD5ggani

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2022