“I don’t want no government telling me what to do. I’m so happy" On Tuesday night, scenes of jubilation broke as Kansans secured a huge win for abortion rights in the US when they voted to continue to protect abortion in the state constitution. Kansas – a deeply conservative and usually reliably Republican state – is the first US state to put abortion rights to a vote since the supreme court ruled to overturn constitutional protections for abortion in late June. “We’re free!” shouted Mafutari Oneal, 56, who was working at a bar in Kansas City hosting a watch party for the victorious No campaign. The state will remain a safe haven for abortion in the midwest, as one of the few states in the region where it remains legal to perform the procedure. Many other states have undertaken moves to make abortion largely illegal since June. #abortion #kansas #roevwade #womensrights