As Missouri abortion rights groups mount a campaign to overturn the state’s near-total abortion ban through a statewide vote later this year, supporters are looking to Kansas as a model. More than 17 months ago, Kansas became the first state to vote on abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in June 2022. Kansas’ vote affirmed a state Supreme Court decision that the state constitution protects the right to an abortion. Now, it could offer a pathway for the campaign in Missouri, the first state to ban the procedure through atrigger law that went into effect just moments af…