Abortion measure appears short of passage in Kansas House

By SJ Otto

This was a big victory for the pro-choice movement in Kansas. Anti-abortion groups have worked hard to outlaw a woman’s right to an abortion. Wichita feminist have had a long struggle against right-wing anti-choice groups for the last 20 years. Ever since the Summer of Mercy the anti-choice groups have used every trick, every strategy they could use, to whittle away at a woman’s right to an abortion. If they had succeeded in passing this, they would have tried to outright ban abortion here in Kansas. There is a good possibility that they would have gotten the votes they needed to overturn abortion rights if both chambers of the Kansas legislature had passed that change. Now the anti-abortion groups are back where they started. Abortion rights are alive and well in Kansas.

From WIBW

By JOHN HANNA 

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A measure aimed at preserving the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature’s power to regulate abortion appeared Thursday to be short of the support it needs to pass the state House and get on the ballot.

The House gave first-round approval to a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution to overturn a Kansas Supreme Court decision last year declaring access to abortion a “fundamental” right under the state’s Bill of Rights.

The House vote Thursday was 80-41 and sets up another, final vote Friday to determine whether the amendment is put to a statewide vote in the August primary election, when a simple majority would change the constitution. The Senate approved the measure last week.

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