Posted on Aug 25, 2022
Most Kansas voters want abortion access, but their legislators may further restrict it anyway
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Kansans decisively rejected a state constitutional amendment that would have removed the right to an abortion. But many conservative lawmakers will go unchallenged at the ballot box this year, allowing them to continue the push to restrict abortion access in the legislature.
LAWRENCE, Kansas — Voters made beyond clear that they didn’t want to give the Kansas Legislature more power to restrict abortion.
But the state’s lawmakers spent the last generation enacting ever-tighter restrictions. And their ranks are loaded with people who want to go even further.
Now, despite voters declaring by a nearly 60-40 margin that they didn’t want to change the Kansas Constitution in a way that would have opened the door to an outright ban, legislators could still test just how far they can restrict abortion.
LAWRENCE, Kansas — Voters made beyond clear that they didn’t want to give the Kansas Legislature more power to restrict abortion.
But the state’s lawmakers spent the last generation enacting ever-tighter restrictions. And their ranks are loaded with people who want to go even further.
Now, despite voters declaring by a nearly 60-40 margin that they didn’t want to change the Kansas Constitution in a way that would have opened the door to an outright ban, legislators could still test just how far they can restrict abortion.
Most Kansas voters want abortion access, but their legislators may further restrict it anyway
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I just do not get it. This is such a simple issue;
Don't want an abortion? Don't get one.
Under Roe v Wade, no one was forced to do something they did not want to do.
Now they are.
Don't want an abortion? Don't get one.
Under Roe v Wade, no one was forced to do something they did not want to do.
Now they are.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Six of the court’s seven justices will be up for retention in the November general election. If some of the justices are removed, and a Republican governor is able to put more conservatives in the court, the right to an abortion could be challenged again.
“Even though the entire state voted and essentially said no,” Donley said, “if the court changes its structure, they could overrule that previous holding and Kansas would lose the right to abortion.”...
..."Six of the court’s seven justices will be up for retention in the November general election. If some of the justices are removed, and a Republican governor is able to put more conservatives in the court, the right to an abortion could be challenged again.
“Even though the entire state voted and essentially said no,” Donley said, “if the court changes its structure, they could overrule that previous holding and Kansas would lose the right to abortion.”...
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