Legislators keen on restricting abortion access are already showing that they have no interest in truly letting the people decide.
holding that the Kansas Constitution secures a right to abortion separate and independent of the federal right. That means Kansans retain a right to abortion even now that the Supreme Court has overruledAnd the state could become a crucial source of reproductive healthcare for residents of nearby states like Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri, which appear prepared to implement some of the country’s strictest abortion bans.
The Kansas state legislature, however, is controlled by a Republican supermajority that is determined not to let that happen—even though most KansansFor Kansas to override its own Supreme Court and enact an abortion ban, it must first amend its Constitution. And that’s exactly what it’s trying to do. The
can be amended by a two-thirds vote of both legislative bodies and a subsequent majority vote by the state’s voters.The process is well underway. In 2021, Kansas’ Senate and House each passed, along partisan lines, the diplomatically titled “,” which would establish that “the constitution of the state of Kansas does not require government funding of abortion and does not create or secure a right to abortion.
, been double its turnout in primary elections. So the legislature scheduled the vote knowing full well it would likely cut public participation in half.
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