Kansas Abortion Amendment

The referendum failed decisively 61 to. Kansans will vote on an amendment concerning whether to remove abortion rights protections from their State Constitution.

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The Kansas No State Constitutional Right to Abortion and Legislative Power to Regulate Abortion Amendment is on the ballot in Kansas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on August 2 2022.

. The proposed constitutional amendment is a reaction to a 2019 decision by the Kansas Supreme Court which struck down a state law banning a common second-term abortion procedure. If the measure passes it could pave the way for state lawmakers to pass. The proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution would have added language stating that it does not grant the right to abortion.

If this amendment also passes there will be no Constitutional basis for any abortion rights in Kansas. The No coalition which opposed a measure that would have removed abortion rights from the state constitution. In Kansas CBS News projects that a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would eliminate the constitutional right to an abortion has been defeated.

August 2 2022833 PM ET. Voters in Kansas today will decide whether to add an amendment to the. Voting YES on the Amendment will give women a choice.

The specific language of the amendment stated. A yes vote supports amending the Kansas Constitution to. It will be the first popular vote on abortion rights in nearly 50 years.

Kansas primary election ballots include a proposal to amend the state constitution to explicitly disavow the right to access abortion. In the first abortion-related election since Roe v. They say the amendment would merely allow lawmakers to impose rules like requiring parental consent stopping painful late-term abortions and barring public funding of abortion.

Though votes are still being counted Decision Desk HQ determined that the amendment has failed preserving access to. Wade was overturned Kansas voters have rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have specified that the right to terminate a pregnancy isnt protected. Voters in Kansas rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment Tuesday that would have said there was no right to an.

In reversing Roe in June the Supreme Court ruled that abortion should be left to individual states. In Kansas there was hardly a contest to speak of. A 2019 state Supreme Court decision declared that access to abortion is a fundamental right under the states Bill of Rights preventing a ban and potentially thwarting legislative efforts to enact new restrictions.

People in conservative Kansas rejected a constitutional amendment that may have opened the door to an abortion ban. Wade 1973 is overturned by the US. Advertisement Republicans in the state legislature originally attempted.

Voters in Kansas on Tuesday night shot down a referendum to the State Constitution preserving abortion rights throughout the state in the process. Schmidt 2019 that there is a legal right to abortions in the Kansas Bill of Rights keeping abortion legal in KansasA poll found that 84 of Kansans. Voters in Kansas are the first to decide on abortion post-Roe.

In 2019 489 of all abortions performed in Kansas were for out-of-state residents a higher percentage than any other state according to a US. The constitutional amendment backed by a campaign named Value Them Both would have given elected representatives the ability to pass legislation regulating abortion in. What other rights in addition to abortion have been decided based on the right to privacy.

The court determined the right to bodily autonomy in the state constitutions Bill of Rights includes the decision to terminate a pregnancy. Kansas voters on Tuesday rejected an amendment that would have gotten rid of abortion protections in the states constitution the Associated Press reports. Because Kansans value both women and children the constitution of the state of Kansas does not.

Its the first time since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. The Kansas ballot initiative is seen. Supreme Court all questions about abortion will be sent back to the states.

Vote YES to protect womens health an unsigned text message obtained by Mother Jones and sent to. Abortion rights forces scored an upset victory in Kansas on Tuesday when voters rejected an amendment that would have allowed the state legislature to ban the procedure. Abortion in Kansas is currently legal in the first 22 weeks of pregnancy.

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