Measure on the ballot in the 2022 Kansas Primary Election in Kansas.
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Get StartedThe Value Them Both Amendment would affirm there is no Kansas constitutional right to abortion or to require the government funding of abortion, and would reserve to the people of Kansas, through their elected state legislators, the right to pass laws to regulate abortion, including, but not limited to, in circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, or when necessary to save the life of the mother.
A vote for the Value Them Both Amendment would affirm there is no Kansas constitutional right to abortion or to require the government funding of abortion, and would reserve to the people of Kansas, through their elected state legislators, the right to pass laws to regulate abortion.
A vote against the Value Them Both Amendment would make no changes to the constitution of the state of Kansas, and could restrict the people, through their elected state legislators, from regulating abortion by leaving in place the recently recognized right to abortion.
“The amendment very specifically gives politicians the power to pass any law they want regarding abortion, including a complete ban. In the amendment, it clearly states that they may regulate or they may make pass laws regarding abortion, including but not limited to situations of rape, incest. And, so we are giving politicians control over those decisions, instead of leaving them to Kansans.” - Ashley All, Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, in opposition to Constitutional Amendment (Learn more)
"Regardless of what their political parties are, we oppose changing the Kansas constitution. We think that's our choice to make with our doctors. We don't believe the government should get in the middle of that.” Faith Martin, co-chair of the Women’s March, in opposition to Constitutional Amendment (Learn more)
Kansans For Life believes the state Supreme Court decision in 2019 to guarantee abortion as a right puts them all at risk. “First, we need to restore some of those laws we’ve lost because of that (2019) Supreme Court ruling, and that’s what we’re trying to correct with this (Value Them Both) amendment.” - Danielle Underwood, Kansans For Life, in support of Constitutional Amendment (Learn more)
The amendment "Reverses the Kansas court case that created a nearly unlimited “right” to abortion. Every reasonable regulation of abortion in KS may soon be struck down. Value Them Both safeguards laws that help women and babies." - Value Them Both, in support of Constitutional Amendment (Learn more)
Because Kansans value both women and children, the constitution of the state of Kansas does not require government funding of abortion and does not create or secure a right to abortion. To the extent permitted by the constitution of the United States, the people, through their elected state representatives and state senators, may pass laws regarding abortion, including, but not limited to, laws that account for circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, or circumstances of necessity to save the life of the mother.
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