Irish Examiner view: Victory for abortion rights in US

Resounding victory in traditionally conservative state of Kansas shows American anger over efforts to roll back women’s rights

People hug during a Value Them Both watch party after a question involving a constitutional amendment removing abortion protections from the Kansas constitution failed on Tuesday in Overland Park, Kansas. Picture: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

Pro-choice campaigners in America — fighting a rearguard battle after the US Supreme Court struck down Roe V Wade earlier this year — received a huge boost this week when voters in Kansas rejected an effort to strip their state’s abortion protections.

Abortion rights campaigners say the resounding victory in the traditionally conservative state is concrete evidence that Americans are angry about efforts to roll back women’s rights.