This was the abortion question on the ballot that was asked to Kansas yesterday.

Very interesting election result. (Agree it was terribly worded). The KS Supreme Court had ruled previously that the state constitution provided the right to have an abortion. The ballot measure was an attempt to overrule that and enable the passage of legislation to prohibit abortion. What is interesting is that the measure failed roughly 60% / 40% (a huge margin) in a state that is generally conservative and Republican (although not to the extent of the Deep South--KS often elects Democratic governors, for instance).

The result is consistent with opinion polls, which tend to show a substantial majority of Americans supporting the right to abortion (at least in the first trimester or later on in cases involving rape, incest, or the life/health of the mother), even in states where legislatures have taken action to prohibit it in nearly all circumstances.