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Kansans voted overwhelmingly to preserve abortion rights

Season 2022 Episode 218 | 3m 26s

Voters in Kansas turned out in record numbers Tuesday and overwhelmingly rejected a proposed amendment that would have removed the right to an abortion from the state constitution and opened the door for the Republican-controlled legislature to pass restrictions or an outright ban. Ali Rogin reports from Kansas.

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