Good morning. Welcome, Naxios today. We've made it to Wednesday. It's August 3rd. I'm Naila Budu.

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But first, Kansas voters weigh in on abortion. That's today's one big thing.

Last night, Kansas voters decisively rejected an anti-abortion constitutional amendment.

It was the first time voters have cast ballots on this issue since the Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade.

And the vote was closely watched for what it could tell us about broader American sentiment on abortion rights.

Axios Healthcare Reporter Oriana Gonzalez has more. Good morning, Oriana.

Hi, Naila. There are a few other states that have put this ballot on the issue.

But does last night in Kansas give us a sense of where voters stand?

Yeah. So this definitely is in the first time that a state has attempted to do this.

We have to remember there are already four states, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee and West Virginia,

that have amended their state constitutions to prohibit any protections for abortion rights.

So, Kansas would have been the fifth. So this election in Kansas,

since a signal about how Republican and suburban women voters could choose in key states

during the upcoming November election in the aftermath of the DOBS decision.

So how do abortion rights currently stand in Kansas knowing that Roe versus Wade does not exist anymore?

And what would this amendment have done?

So in Kansas, currently abortion is legal up until the 22nd week of pregnancy.

Before this DOBS decision, back in 2019, the Kansas State Supreme Court decided in a case

that abortion access is guaranteed by the state's constitution.

What the amendment would have done, and I'm quoting, it would have said,

the constitution of the state of Kansas does not require government funding of abortion

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