What voters should know about the Kansas Supreme Court and the next abortion battleground

Six of the seven justices on the Kansas Supreme Court face retention during the November general election. Conservatives who disagree with the ruling that concluded the state constitution includes the right to an abortion could try to change the court.
Abortion rights won’t show up explicitly in Kansas this fall, but the cultural battlefield they dominate raises at least the possibility of influencing whether voters decide to toss justices off the Kansas Supreme Court.

Six of the seven justices stand for retention during the general election.

Voters traditionally have retained justices on the Kansas Supreme Court, even when conservatives launched campaigns to oust them.

But this year offers a distinct opportunity to impose politics into the retention. All but one justice will effectively be asking to keep their job in the November vote.