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On All In With Chris Hayes Wednesday, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams addressed the vote in Kansas on Tuesday overwhelmingly supporting a woman’s right to an abortion. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that the state Constitution guaranteed the right to an abortion, meaning the Republican-led state legislature’s only option was to leave it up to the voters. “I am strongly pro-choice because I understand that this is about freedom, this is about access, this is about a right for a woman to choose her future, and I believe that Georgia is going to follow Kansas’s lead,” Abrams said. “We do not allow ballot initiatives in Georgia, so the ballot initiative is voting me as governor of Georgia.” While Abrams castigated Georgia Governor Brian Kemp for signing into law a 6-week abortion ban last month, she applauded the people of Kansas for showing up in droves to oppose the anti-abortion initiative. Voter registration skyrocketed by 1000% in the state since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. “They wanted the right to freedom for women in that state,” Abrams said. “They refused to allow women to be relegated to second-class citizenship, and I’m proud of Kansas, and I’m proud of America for taking the steps we need to take to protect abortion care in the United States of America.”