Kansas to vote on abortion rights as first statewide electoral test post-Roe

A fight over abortion access in Middle America is roiling the hills and plains of Kansas, where voters will decide whether the state’s constitution should go on protecting the right to terminate a pregnancy.

The Aug. 2 vote is the first statewide electoral test of abortion rights since June 24 when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.

The divisive issue has animated political campaigns nationally ahead of a…