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Kansas voters turned out in record numbers to protect abortion access in the state. Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin says the outcome is a sign that national and state lawmakers are out of touch, while former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards tells Zerlina Maxwell this is a wake-up call for Republicans. “People who were not expected to vote came out in droves, and I expect them to be back for the midterm elections.”

Voters in Kansas City cast their ballots to decide whether the state constitution should go on protecting abortion rights in the first statewide electoral test since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Voters in Kansas are deciding whether or not their state's legislature can further restrict abortion rights. This is the first time abortion has been on a ballot since Roe v. Wade was overturned. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns reports from Kanas and joined CBS News' Lana Zak to discuss.

Kansas voters have protected abortion rights by rejecting a measure that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten abortion restrictions.

Voters across Kansas received a misleading text about the abortion access vote happening today. One of the people who received that text, former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, joins Charles Blow to discuss abortion access in Kansas.

Kansas voters have protected abortion rights by rejecting a measure that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten abortion restrictions.

Kansas voters keep constitutional right to abortion, reject Amendment 2

Kansas voters have struck down the "Value Them Both" constitutional amendment on abortion access Tuesday.

Kansas voters have struck down the "Value Them Both" constitutional amendment on abortion access Tuesday.

CBS News projects that voters in Kansas have rejected a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would allow abortion access to be restricted or banned.

The Value Them Both amendment on abortion failed in Kansas, with thousands voting no, which makes no change to the state constitution.

Kansas voters on Tuesday protected the right to get an abortion in their state, rejecting a measure that would have allowed their Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten abortion restrictions or ban it outright.

Kansas voters have rejected a constitutional amendment removing the right to abortion for the state constitution.

Turnout is typically low in the midterms, but that wasn’t the case in Kansas, where abortion was on the ballot.

With abortion on the ballot for the first time since the Supreme Court overturned Roe, Kansas voters turned out in record numbers to protect abortion rights in the state. MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki broke the news live, telling Zerlina Maxwell, “I think this is something that’s gonna cause a recalibration in how both sides think about how to handle the post-Roe environment politically going forward.”

Rep. Lindsay Vaughn speaks about how Kansas voting to protect abortion rights is a win for women and for reproductive rights after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Ali Velshi and a panel of experts talk about the significance of the defeat in Kansas of an anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution and how the presence of fringey Donald Trump-endorsed candidates is also drawing greater voter turnout.

Kathleen Sebelius, former governor of Kansas, talks about the extremely high turnout in the vote on whether to amend the Kansas state constitution to ban abortion, and how votes supporting abortion rights appear to outnumber Democratic voters, suggesting a bipartisan rejection of a more stringent abortion ban.

Kansas voters on Tuesday sent a resounding message about their desire to protect abortion rights, rejecting a ballot measure that would have let the Republican-controlled Legislature tighten abortion restrictions or ban the procedure outright.

Kansas voters rejected an effort to remove abortion protections from the state constitution, a resounding win for the abortion rights movement in the first statewide electoral test since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Voters rejected a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution that would have added language stating that it does not grant the right to abortion.

Pro-abortion rights activists in Kansas are celebrating a major primary win following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, as nominees in tight primary races in Arizona await results.

Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten restrictions or ban the procedure outright. (Aug. 3)(AP Video/Rod Jussim)

Kansas voters were projected to have rejected a ballot measure Tuesday that would give the state legislature the authority to ban abortion, in what was seen as the first major referendum on the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Kansas is 1 out of 5 states in the U.S. that's letting voters decide the state of abortions after the overturn of Roe v. Wade.