
Looking Ahead After a Pro-Life Loss in Kansas
What the failure of the ‘Value Them Both’ Amendment could mean for the midterm elections and other state initiatives.
What the failure of the ‘Value Them Both’ Amendment could mean for the midterm elections and other state initiatives.
The amendment would have enabled state lawmakers to pass legislation to regulate or restrict abortion. It did not propose a total ban on abortion.
Amendment 2 will be included in Kansans’ Aug. 2 primary ballots. It marks the first statewide vote on abortion in the United States since Dobbs was decided.
The Value Them Both Association, which supports the amendment, has received close to $6 million this year. Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, foes of the amendment, took in more than $6.5 million.
On Aug. 2, Kansans will vote on the pro-life 'Value Them Both' amendment. If approved, it would enable state lawmakers to pass legislation to regulate abortion.
On Aug. 2, the primary ballot question considers whether the state’s constituents can make decisions about limiting abortion.
The survey found that 47% of likely primary voters say they plan to vote for the Value Them Both pro-life amendment.
The Value Them Both Amendment is the first ballot initiative voters are facing since the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
‘Our faith helps us understand the dignity of every human life created in the divine image as taught in the Hebrew scriptures, but reason alone is sufficient to know that it is wrong to destroy an innocent human life,’ the Kansas City shepherd explained in a recent op-ed.
Kansans are preparing to vote later this summer. The state will be the first to place abortion on the ballot after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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