Kansas voters defeat abortion amendment in unexpected landslide

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that would have stripped residents of abortion rights

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defying polling and political observers who expected a close result.

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The ballot measure was failing by a 60-40 margin late Tuesday after voters responded to an intense

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costly campaign marked by dubious claims by amendment supporters

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the unraveling of protections by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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The question before voters, in the form of a confusingly worded constitutional amendment

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was whether to end the right to abortion in Kansas by voting “yes” or preserve the right by voting “no.”

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