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Abortion is on the August ballot in Kansas
The Wichita EagleConfusion reigned supreme in the wake of a leaked Supreme Court opinion indicating the high court may soon overturn Roe v. Wade, and with it five decades of federal abortion rights protections.
Abortion providers scrambled to ensure patients knew the procedure was still legal. In Missouri and Tennessee, some falsely claimed the state legislatures had banned Plan B.
And in Kansas, Prairie Roots, a political organizing group founded by former state senator and failed Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Barbara Bollier, posted to Twitter that “a total abortion ban is on the ballot in Kansas.”
Abortion is on the ballot in Kansas. It will be the first state to hold a vote on the topic after the court ruling.
But voters will not be directly deciding on a “total abortion ban.” Other steps would have to take place beyond the August vote to enact a total ban in Kansas.
Kansans will be voting on a constitutional amendment eliminating state-level protections for the procedure. A 2019 Kansas Supreme Court ruling found that the Kansas Constitution protects a right to an abortion. As a result most restrictions on abortion, including a total ban, would be considered unconstitutional in Kansas.
Abortion providers scrambled to ensure patients knew the procedure was still legal. In Missouri and Tennessee, some falsely claimed the state legislatures had banned Plan B.
And in Kansas, Prairie Roots, a political organizing group founded by former state senator and failed Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Barbara Bollier, posted to Twitter that “a total abortion ban is on the ballot in Kansas.”
Abortion is on the ballot in Kansas. It will be the first state to hold a vote on the topic after the court ruling.
But voters will not be directly deciding on a “total abortion ban.” Other steps would have to take place beyond the August vote to enact a total ban in Kansas.
Kansans will be voting on a constitutional amendment eliminating state-level protections for the procedure. A 2019 Kansas Supreme Court ruling found that the Kansas Constitution protects a right to an abortion. As a result most restrictions on abortion, including a total ban, would be considered unconstitutional in Kansas.